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Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving.

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Sloan, F; Eldred, L; McCutchan, S; Platt, A
Published in: Southern economic journal
October 2016

This study assesses why some individuals are re-arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Using longitudinal data from North Carolina containing information on arrests and arrest outcomes, we test hypotheses that individuals prosecuted and convicted of DWI are less likely to be re-arrested for DWI. We allow for possible endogeneity of prosecution and conviction outcomes by using instrumental variables for the prosecutor's prosecution rate and the judge's conviction rate. With a three-year follow-up, the probability of DWI re-arrest was reduced by 6.6 percent if the person was prosecuted for DWI and, for those prosecuted, by 24.5 percent if convicted on this charge. Prosecution and conviction for DWI deters re-arrest for DWI.

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Southern economic journal

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0038-4038

Publication Date

October 2016

Volume

83

Issue

2

Start / End Page

416 / 436

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 3802 Econometrics
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 14 Economics
 

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Sloan, F., Eldred, L., McCutchan, S., & Platt, A. (2016). Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving. Southern Economic Journal, 83(2), 416–436. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12159
Sloan, Frank, Lindsey Eldred, Sabrina McCutchan, and Alyssa Platt. “Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving.Southern Economic Journal 83, no. 2 (October 2016): 416–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12159.
Sloan F, Eldred L, McCutchan S, Platt A. Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving. Southern economic journal. 2016 Oct;83(2):416–36.
Sloan, Frank, et al. “Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving.Southern Economic Journal, vol. 83, no. 2, Oct. 2016, pp. 416–36. Epmc, doi:10.1002/soej.12159.
Sloan F, Eldred L, McCutchan S, Platt A. Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving. Southern economic journal. 2016 Oct;83(2):416–436.

Published In

Southern economic journal

DOI

ISSN

0038-4038

Publication Date

October 2016

Volume

83

Issue

2

Start / End Page

416 / 436

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 3802 Econometrics
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 14 Economics