Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to provide empirical data on cases of police driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs. It identifies events that may have influenced the decision to arrest, including associated traffic accidents, fatalities, officer resistance, the refusal of field sobriety tests, and the refusal of blood alcohol content (BAC) tests. The study is a quantitative content analysis of news articles identified through the Google News search engine using 48 automated Google Alerts queries. Data are analyzed on 782 DUI arrest cases of officers employed by 511 nonfederal law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. The study is the only study known to describe police officer DUI arrests at many police agencies across the United States.
Copyright Statement
Pre-print
Publisher's Statement
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in The Journal of Crime and Justice, 2013 [copyright Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0735648X.2013.805158#.UuvrivldV8E This project was supported by Award No. 2011-IJ-CX-0024, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.
Repository Citation
Stinson, Philip M.; Liederbach, John; Brewer, Steven L.; and Todak, Natalie E., "Drink, Drive, Go to Jail? A Study of Police Officers Arrested for Drunk Driving" (2013). Criminal Justice Faculty Publications. 8.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/crim_just_pub/8
Publication Date
6-3-2013
Publication Title
Journal of Crime and Justice
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2013.805158
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Stinson.7.DUI.title.page.030713.1218.docx (13 kB)
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