DUI OFFENDERS' PERCEPTIONS AND MISPERCEPTIONS OF BASIC ALCOHOL INFORMATION

This paper describes the perceptions and misperceptions of basic alcohol and DUI-related information held by two groups of subjects: first-time DUI offenders and multiple-DUI offenders. The results revealed that both samples of subjects were well informed regarding some basic information (e.g., tolerance, elimination of alcohol from the body by the liver, effect of several drinks on increased likelihood of accident) and that the multiple-DUI offenders appeared more knowledgeable on several items (e.g., penalty for refusing breath test, beverage equivalency). These results tend to discredit the knowledge-deficit model of DUI prevention/education/rehabilitation, and an alternative coping skills model is proposed.

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• Authors:
  • Rosenberg, H
  • Brian, T
  • Allf, J
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 99-103
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Knowledge; Repeat offenders
• Old TRIS Terms: Coping skills model; First time dui offenders; Multiple dui offenders
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495571
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 446
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM