PERCEPTUAL DETERRENCE AND DRINKING AND DRIVING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

This research examines the effect of perceived legal risks on drinking and driving. Data are from college students who were surveyed three times. Self-reports of recent drinking and driving at Time 3 are regressed on Time 1 and Time 2 measures of perceived risk of punishment. Prior moral evaluations, past drinking and driving, and previous legal inervention for drinking and driving are controlled. Perceptions of risk of arrest and severity of punishment are not related to subsequent drinking and driving, but moral tolerance, prior drinking and driving, and previous legal intervention all predict subsequent drinking and driving.

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  American Society of Criminology

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• Authors:
  • Lanza-Kaduce, L
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 321-341
• Serial:
  • Criminology
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Criminology
  • ISSN: 0011-1384

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Forecasting; Legal action; Penalties; Perception; Safety; Students; Traffic arrests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrence
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00484982
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM