DWI Recidivism in the United States: An Examination of State-Level Driver Data and the Effect of Look-Back Periods on Recidivism Prevalence.

摘要

In 1995, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that one-third of all drivers arrested or convicted of DWI were repeat offenders (Fell, 1995). This statistic continues to be cited, although it was calculated nearly 20 years ago (Chaudhary, Tison, McCartt, & Fields, 2011; Eibner, Morral, Pacula, & MacDonald, 2006; Gur et al., 2007; Jones, Lacey, Berning, & Fell, 1996; Kasar, Gleichgerrcht, Keskinkilic, Tabo, & Manes, 2010; Lapham, Stout, Laxton, & Skipper, 2011; Lapham & England-Kennedy, 2012; Malek-Ahmadi, 2008; Ouimet et al., 2007; Voas, 2010; Warren, Nunez, Klepper, Rosario, & King, 2010; Zimmermann & Jackson, 2010, Sloan, Platt, & Chepke, 2011). In this article, NHTSA updates the estimate and expands its analysis.