Profiling Drink Driving Offenders in Queensland

Leal, Nerida L. and King, Mark J. and Lewis, Ioni M. (2006) Profiling Drink Driving Offenders in Queensland. In: 2006 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference, October 25 - 27, 2006, Gold Coast, Australia.

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Abstract

The major objective of this research was to characterise drink drivers in Queensland and generate profiles of drink drivers within the general driving population, convicted drink drivers, recidivist drink drivers, and crash-involved drink drivers. This profile was part of Phase 1 of the work program of the Impaired Driving Legislation Review Research Sub-Group convened by Queensland Transport, and was conducted to provide background information that could inform other components of the review. Variables of interest included: gender; age; Indigenous status; licence status; frequency of drink driving; BAC at time of drink driving offence; previous convictions; location of drink driving offence; socio-economic status (income and education); employment; purpose of trip; passengers; and vehicle type. While profiles of the drink driving offender were generated for each of the four "sub-groups" of drink drivers, this paper will present the general profile of the drink driver in Queensland.

ID Code:	6239
Item Type:	Conference Paper
Additional URLs :	http://www.rsconference.com/?check=1
Keywords :	Drink driving, offender profiling, recidivism
Subjects:	Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > TRANSPORTATION AND FREIGHT SERVICES (150700) > Rail Transportation and Freight Services (150702) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (110000) > PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES (111700) > Epidemiology (111706) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY (160000) > CRIMINOLOGY (160200) > Criminology not elsewhere classified (160299)
Divisions:	QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Health Institutes > Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
Copyright Owner :	Copyright 2006 (please consult author)
Deposited On:	16 Feb 2007
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2009 01:40

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