NTL Record

Title Designing a Health/Legal System: A Manual
Record ID 25468
Personal Name
Creator
Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.); Joscelyn, Kent B.; McNair, John W.
Source xx, 421 p. : ill.
Corporate Creator University of Michigan. Highway Safety Research Institute
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date 19790800
Language English
Abstract The report presents a manual for use by state, county, and local organizations in improving their case-disposition process for persons arrested for drunk driving. These processes use the agencies of the traffic law system and the public health system to find and diagnose drunk drivers and to determine the combination of punitive and nonpunitive sanctions best suited to individual drivers. The manual presents information and methods at the system level and indicates information sources for use in developing more detailed designs. The manual describes the general principles of health/legal systems and presents detailed descriptions and assessments of generic types of systems now operating. This material is supplemented with summary descriptions of ten representative systems. Methods for developing an analytic description of one's health/legal system at a design tool are outlined. A three-step method for designing systems improvements is described and illustrated with examples drawn from the experience of operating health/legal systems. An introduction to program evaluation as applied to health/legal systems is provided. An extensive bibliography is included. /Abstract from report summary page/
Rosap ID dot:1199
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1199
TRT Terms Drunk driving; Drunk drivers; Jurisprudence and judicial processes; Traffic law enforcement; Public health; Health care services
General Subjects DWI enforcement
Classification NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - LAWS AND REGULATIONS;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
305795
Contract Number DOT-HS-7-01812
Report Number DOT-HS-805-138; UM-HSRI-79-55; NTIS-PB80119332
Availability NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
Resource type Manual
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25400/25468/DOT-HS-805-138.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository