Effects of enhanced sanctions for high-BAC DWI offenders on case dispositions and rates of recidivism.

Author(s)
McCartt, A.T. & Shabanova, V.I.
Year
Abstract

High-BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) sanctioning systems seek to reduce recidivism among a high-risk group of impaired drivers. Minnesota's 1998 high-BAC law imposes more severe administrative and court sanctions on offenders with BAC > or = .20 than on offenders with BAC < .20. After the law, high-BAC first-time repeat offenders did, in fact, receive more severe case dispositions (e.g., longer license revocation, stronger vehicle sanctions) than lower-BAC offenders. Alcohol test refusals declined. The severity of sanctions for high-BAC offenders declined in 1999 vs. 1998, especially for BACs .20-.22. Recidivism for high-BAC first offenders in 1998 was lower than for offenders with BACs .17-.19. (Author/publisher)

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C 28906 (In: C 28893 S) /83 / ITRD E822068
Source

In: Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Tempe, Arizona, September 30-October 2, 2002, p. 193-209, 6 ref.

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