S. Baum, Drink driving as a social problem: comparing the attitudes and knowledge of drink driving offenders and the general community, ACC ANAL PR, 32(5), 2000, pp. 689-694
Using data from a community survey together with data from a survey of drin
k-driving offenders, this paper compares the attitudes and knowledge of two
matched samples on a number of drink driving issues. The total sample (149
offenders and 149 community sample respondents) were interviewed using a s
urvey instrument containing a number of comparable questions. The offender
sample were interviewed by trained interviewers in a face-to-face format, w
hile the general community sample were interviewed using a computer aided t
elephone interview system. The specific issues dealt with include: a) knowl
edge of safe drinking and blood alcohol consumption (BAC) levels; b) attitu
des towards strategies for avoiding drink driving; and c) general attitudes
regarding drink driving. The analysis uses logistic regression to investig
ate the differences between the responses given by the two samples. The fin
dings illustrate a number of significant differences in knowledge and attit
udes between offenders and the general community. (C) 1000 Elsevier Science
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