METHODS FOR STUDYING THE IMPACT OF DRUNK DRIVING LAWS

This paper discusses methodological principles for the study of legal interventions based on the theory of deterrence, especially in the area of drunk driving. It reviews the validity of commonly available measures of drunk driving and identifies strengths and weaknesses of correlational, quasi-experimental, and experimental study designs for demonstrating causal connections between drunk driving and legal interventions. The time series is the most powerful of the quasi-experimental designs. Because it uses high-quality data that are generally available cheaply from official sources, and because it can usually overcome the common threats to inferential validity that plague many other designs, it is recommended as a model for studies of deterrence of drunk driving. (Author/TRRL)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Ross, H L
  • McCleary, R
• Publication Date: 1983-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 415-425
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Correlation analysis; Drivers; Drunk driving; Impact studies; Intoxication; Legislation; Mathematical analysis; Methodology; Prevention; Safety; Time series; Traffic regulations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrence; Traffic laws
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 1556: Legislation; 9102: Method; 9149: Prevention
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382172
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 605
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM