CRIMINALITY AND DRIVING APTITUDE

KRIMINALITAET UND FAHREIGNUNG

THE EXISTENCE OF A RELATION BETWEEN CRIMINALITY AND DRIVING APTITUDE IS ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY STUDIES. SO FAR, RESEARCH FINDINGS HAVE PROVEN THE VALIDITY OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS. (1) DRIVERS WHO ARE PREDISPOSED TO COMMITTING INDICTABLE OFFENCES, REPRESENT A PARTICULAR SOURCE OF DANGER IN STREET TRAFFIC. DRIVERS NOTED FOR CONSPICUOUS TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE INDICTED FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES THAN NON-CONSPICUOUS DRIVERS AND OFFENDERS AND ARE MORE OFTEN PRONE TO TRAFFIC OFFENCES THAN DRIVERS WHO HAVE NEVER COMMITTED A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. THE LIKELIHOOD OF PRONENESS TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INCREASES PROPORTIONATELY WITH THE EXTENT OF THE DRIVER'S PREVIOUS CRIMINAL RECORD. THIS PARTICULARLY APPLIES TO DRIVERS PRONE TO ALCOHOL RELATED OFFENCES. OF THOSE DRIVERS REGARDED AS HABITUAL OFFENDERS, RECIDIVIST OFFENDERS WHOSE TYPE OF OFFENCE AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR DIFFER FROM ONE INSTANCE TO THE NEXT APPEAR MOST FREQUENTLY IN STATISTICS RELATING TO ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES IN THE AREA OF STREET TRAFFIC. VIOLENT OFFENCES ALSO HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO ACCIDENT PRONENESS IN TRAFFIC. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN CRIMINALITY AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOL PRONE DRIVERS ALSO DISPLAY A SPECIFIC RELATION TO CRIMINAL TENDENCIES IN TRAFFIC. THEY ALSO HAVE MORE PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES THAN DRIVERS CONVICTED OF OTHER TYPES OF OFFENCES.

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  • German

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  • Accession Number: 01304560
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • ISBN: 3921059801
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 9:59AM