Association between alcohol-impaired driving enforcement-related strategies and alcohol-impaired driving

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dc.citation.epage109en_US
dc.citation.spage104en_US
dc.citation.volume78en_US
dc.contributor.authorSanem, Julia R.
dc.contributor.authorErickson, Darin J.
dc.contributor.authorRutledge, Patricia C.
dc.contributor.authorLenk, Kathleen M.
dc.contributor.authorNelson, Toben F.
dc.contributor.authorJones-Webb, Rhonda
dc.contributor.authorToomey, Traci L.
dc.contributor.avlauthorRutledge, Patricia C.
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-23T18:58:13Z
dc.date.available2015-09-23T18:58:13Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-07
dc.description.abstractAll states in the U.S. prohibit alcohol-impaired driving but active law enforcement is necessary for effectively reducing this behavior. Sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, open container laws, and media campaigns related to enforcement efforts are all enforcement-related strategies for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. We conducted surveys of all state patrol agencies and a representative sample of local law enforcement agencies to assess their use of alcohol-impaired driving enforcement-related strategies and to determine the relationship between these enforcement-related strategies and self-reported alcohol-impaired driving behavior obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We found that sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and enforcement of open container laws were associated with a lower prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving but, more importantly, a combination of enforcement-related strategies was associated with a greater decrease in alcohol-impaired driving than any individual enforcement-related activity. In addition, alcohol-impaired driving enforcement-related strategies were associated with decreased alcohol-impaired driving above and beyond their association with decreased binge drinking. Results suggest law enforcement agencies should give greater priority to using a combination of strategies rather than relying on any one individual enforcement activity.en_US
dc.description.versionPublished Articleen_US
dc.identifier.citationSanem, Julia R., et al. 2015. "Association between alcohol-impaired driving enforcement-related strategies and alcohol-impaired driving." Accident Analysis & Prevention 78: 104-109.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.aap.2015.02.018
dc.identifier.issn0001-4575
dc.identifier.issn1879-2057
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10456/38131
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofAccident Analysis & Preventionen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2015.02.018en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAlcohol-impaired drivingen_US
dc.subjectEnforcementen_US
dc.subjectSobriety checkpointsen_US
dc.subjectSaturation patrolsen_US
dc.subjectOpen container lawsen_US
dc.subjectLatent class analysisen_US
dc.titleAssociation between alcohol-impaired driving enforcement-related strategies and alcohol-impaired drivingen_US
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