Deterrent Effects of Mandatory License Suspension for DWI Conviction

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• Alternative Title:
  Deterrent effects of mandatory license suspension for driving while intoxicated conviction
• Creators:
  Blomberg, Richard D. ; Preusser, David F. ; Ulmer, Robert G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Dunlap and Associates, inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Drunk driving
  • Suspensions
  • Traffic conviction
  • Before and after studies
  • State laws
  • Statistics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-807-138 ; NTIS-PB88102884
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525255
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Wisconsin
• Edition:
  Final report
• Contracting Officer:
  Compton, Richard P.
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The present study examined the specific and general deterrent effects of Wisconsin's 1982 law mandating three to six month license suspensions for first-time convicted drinking drivers. Specific deterrence (stopping repeat drinking and driving among those convicted) was studied statewide before and after the new law. The results showed a reduction in subsequent convictions and crashes for those drivers convicted after May, 1982. General deterrence (stopping the general public from drinking and driving) was studied statewide and in Milwaukee. Statewide, the results suggested a substantial reduction in alcohol related crashes following passage of the law. In Milwaukee, a 1985 media campaign produced a substantial increase in the number of drivers aware of the mandatory suspension following a first drinking and driving conviction. It was concluded that 100% mandatory license suspension is an effective legal sanction against drinking and driving. /Abstract from report summary page/
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTNH22-83-C-07014
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1471/dot_1471_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7b7c1911fcc559dfe9294a83634babfb6fed8da54899af14f410c13def53fb02