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Drinking, Driving, and the Legal Profession

NCJ Number
113467
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 27 Issue: 3 Dated: (August 1988) Pages: 188-197
Author(s)
R Light
Date Published
1988
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Investigation of the effectiveness of the criminal law as a method of controlling the drinking driver has tended to concentrate on simple deterrence theory (fear of apprehension and severity of punishment).
Abstract
Wider issues of stigma, informal sanctions, and the instrumental expressive function of the law have been subjected to little scrutiny. This article makes a preliminary exploration of these areas and starts to assess the ramifications for the effectiveness of the legal sanction, in relation to drinking and driving, of the legal profession's own internal policy in this area, with particular reference to how it deals with its own senior members who have been convicted of the offense. (Author abstract)