Low-manpower checkpoints: Can they provide effective DUI enforcement in small communities?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-218

  Lacey, John H ^a   Ferguson, Susan A ^b   Kelley Baker, Tara ^a   Rider, Raamses P ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Checkpoints; Deterrence; Enforcement; Impaired Driving; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HEALTH SURVEY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MANPOWER; MASS MEDIUM; POLICE; RURAL POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 33749038639     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600696686     Document Type: Article

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