TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Reduction in Drunk Driving As A Response to Increased Threats of Shame, Embarrassment, and Legal Sanctions
JO  - Criminology
A1  - Grasmick, Harold G.
A1  - Bursik, R. J. Jr
A1  - Arneklev, BJ
SP  - 41
EP  - 67
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - In a recent paper we proposed a strategy for incorporating threats of shame and embarrassment, along with the threat of legal sanctions, into a rational choice perspective on illegal behavior. In this paper we use that approach in an attempt to account for a reduction in self-reported drunk driving observed in a community between identical surveys conducted in 1982 and 1990. The interval between the two surveys was a period of intense legislative activity and moral crusading at the national and local levels. Our analysis indicates that the reduction in self-reported drunk driving in the community is primarily attributable to an increase in the threat of shame for this offense.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1384
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -