EFFECTIVENESS OF PENAL SANCTIONS AS AN INSTRUMENT TO COMBAT RECIDIVISM AMONG SUBJECTS CONVICTED FOR DRUKEN DRIVING

THE STUDY WAS AIMED AT ANSWERING THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT DRUNKEN DRIVING. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT RECIDIVISM AMONG DRUNKEN DRIVERS? WHICH FACTORS DETERMINE THE SEVERENESS OF A SENTENCE? WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PANEL SANCTIONS AS AN INSTRUMENT TO COMBAT RECIDIVISM? FIFTEEN PREDICTORS LIKE AGE, SOCIAL STATUS, NUMBER AND KIND OF OFFENCES PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED WERE CORRELATED WITH RECIDIVISM. THERE WAS A MULTIPLE CORRELATION OF 0.37 WHICH MEANS THAT THE ITEMS USED ONLY EXPLAINED 13% OF THE VARIANCE. THE SAME ITEMS WERE CORRELATED WITH SEVERENESS OF SENTENCE TO SEE IN WHAT RESPECT THEY DETERMINE WHETHER SUBJECTS ARE MILDLY OR MORE SEVERLY PUNISHED. THE MULTIPLE CORRELATION WAS 0.51, SIGNIFICANT REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS BEING AGE, PRESENCE OF A LAWYER, NUMBER OF PREVIOUS ALCOHOL-TRAFFIC CRIMES AND TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN CRIMES. NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS WERE FOUND BETWEEN SEVERNESS OF SANCTION AND RECIDIVISM.

• Corporate Authors:

  Groningen State Univ /Netherlands

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• Authors:
  • Buikhuisen, W
  • Steenhuis, D W
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Forecasting; Human characteristics; Penalties
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224343
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM