Variations in jail sentences and the probability of re-arrest for driving while intoxicated

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-109

  Delaney, Harold D ^a   Kunitz, Stephen J ^b   Zhao, Hongwei ^b   Woodall, W Gill ^a   Westerberg, Vern ^a   Rogers, Everett ^a   Wheeler, Denise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

DWI; DWI Case Dispositions; DWI Recidivism; Severity of Sentencing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; DETENTION; DRUNKEN DRIVING; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRISON; PROBABILITY; RECIDIVISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PRISONS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444426876     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590931554     Document Type: Article

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