| Title | Impact of Court Monitoring on DWI Adjudication |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 25876 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Shinar, David |
| Source | 4, 44 p. : ill. |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publisher | United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 19901200 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Author's abstract: Court monitoring of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) cases is a labor intensive effort conducted by over 300 concerned citizen groups across the U.S. The present project assessed the impact of court monitoring by analyzing the difference in court dispositions (guilty, not guilty, and dismissed) and case outcomes (jail, fine, and license suspension) between monitored cases and non-monitored cases. The database for this study consisted of the court-tried 9137 DWI arrests in the state of Maine within one calendar year (1987). The results demonstrated that court monitoring is an effective tool in affecting the adjudication process. In the presence of court monitors the conviction rates of DWI offenders are higher and their case dismissal rates are lower than those of drivers not court monitored. Furthermore, once convicted, the likelihood of a jail sentence is higher and the length of the jail sentence is longer for court-monitored DWI drivers than for non-monitored drivers. |
| Rosap ID | dot:1567 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1567 |
| TRT Terms | Drunk drivers; Traffic courts; Monitoring; Adjudication; Impact studies |
| General Subjects | DWI enforcement |
| Classification | NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - LAWS AND REGULATIONS; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1082935 |
| Report Number | DOT-HS-807-702 |
| Availability | NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25800/25876/DOT-HS-807-678.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |