Drinking and driving among high-risk young Mexican-American men

Alcohol Use and Problem Drinking Among Male Mexican and Central American Im/migrant Laborers

“…Ferguson et al (2002) found 90% to 95% beer preference among all the Mexican/Mexican Americans in the study. This finding was replicated in another study (Fiorentino et al, 2007) among drinking Mexicans and Mexican Americans (including day laborers), where 97% of those surveyed said that they "usually" drank beer. In García's (2007) ethnographic study of mushroom farm workers in Pennsylvania, the researcher also referred to beer as the preferred alcoholic beverage.…”

Highly reported prevalence of drinking and driving in Brazil: data from the first representative household study

“…5 Other studies in Brazil showed that knowledge about legislation and belief on its enforcement are low, as well as the subjects' risk perception for DUI. 6,7 Many factors have already been associated with DUI: being male, 8,9 being young (between 20 and 30 years of age), 8 having been a passenger of a DUI driver, [10][11][12] starting to drink at an early age, 13,14 binge drinking, [15][16][17] low perception of punishment [18][19][20] and low perception of the chances of being involved in a traffic accident. 21 The association between DUI and these predictors has not yet been systematically studied in Brazilian samples, and only few studies have been recently conducted.…”

“…, ter tido acidente prévio com beber e dirigir (OR = 7,9; IC95% 2,(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)9), ter tido "consumo excessivo episódico" no ultimo ano (OR = 2,2; IC95% 1,(3)(4)5) e ter uma opinião desfavorável sobre políticas públicas (OR = 2,9; IC95% 1,(4)(5)(6)2) 2 Numbers of such magnitude have been repetitive, since policies against drinking and driving have not been regularly enforced. Recently, the government has passed a "zero tolerance" law related to drinking and driving that still needs time to show the effects of its implementation.…”

Differences in traffic violations and at-fault crashes between license suspension and revocation

“…Deterrence research has important implications in traffic safety policies, and many studies have focused on the offense of DUI (e.g., Hagen, 1977;Salzburg, 1981;Ross and Gonzales, 1988;Zador et al, 1989;Sadler, 1991;Lund, 1993;DeYoung, 1997;Grosvenor et al, 1999;Piquero and Pogarsky, 2002;Helander, 2002;Briscoe, 2004;Clapp, 2005;Cherry, 2006;Freeman et al, 2006;Fiorentino et al, 2007;Webster et al, 2008). Some of the studies found that the certainty, not the severity, of the punishment is related to drinkingand-driving behavior or DUI convictions (e.g., Ross, 1984Ross, , 1992Piquero and Pogarsky, 2002;Clapp, 2005).…”