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Temporal alcohol availability predicts first-time drunk driving, but not repeat offending.

Timothy P Schofield¹, Thomas F Denson

¹School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. t.schofield@unsw.edu.au

|August 14, 2013

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Longer alcohol outlet hours correlate with more first-time drunk driving offenses, but not repeat offenses. Temporal alcohol availability may drive initial drunk driving, while other factors influence recidivism.

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Criminology
Substance Abuse Research

Background:

Alcohol availability is a known risk factor for drunk driving.
Previous research has not differentiated the impact of alcohol availability on first-time versus repeat drunk driving offenses.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between alcohol outlet business hours and drunk driving charges.
To determine if this relationship differs for misdemeanor (first offense) and felony (repeat offense) drunk driving charges in New York State.

Main Methods:

Analysis of New York State drunk driving charges in 2009.
Examination of the association between business hours of on-premises alcohol outlets and drunk driving charges.
Assessment of the impact of per capita outlet density on drunk driving charges.

Main Results:

Extended business hours of alcohol outlets were significantly associated with a higher number of misdemeanor drunk driving charges.
No significant association was found between longer outlet business hours and felony drunk driving charges.
Per capita density of alcohol outlets did not correlate with either misdemeanor or felony drunk driving charges.

Conclusions:

Temporal alcohol availability, indicated by outlet business hours, appears to be a significant factor for first-time drunk driving offenses.
Factors beyond temporal availability likely influence repeat drunk driving behaviors and recidivism.