Small-area variations in conviction rates for DWI: The significance of contextual variables in a Southwestern state

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 600-609

  Kunitz, Stephen J ^a,c   Delaney, Harold D ^b   Layne, Larry J ^b   Wheeler, Denise R ^b   Rogers, Everett M ^b   Woodall, W Gill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Automobile driving; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; NEW MEXICO; POLITICS; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644885726     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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