A new look at NHTSA's evaluation of the 1984 Charlottesville sobriety checkpoint program: Implications for current checkpoint issues

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Voas, Robert B ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Related Crashes; Arrest Rates; Checkpoints; Drinking and Driving; DUI Enforcement; Passive Sensors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BREATH TESTS; ETHANOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40749118548     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701682114     Document Type: Article

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