Female DUI offenders: a comparison to male counterparts and an examination of the effects of intervention on women's recidivism rates.

Wells‐Parker, Elisabeth; Pang, Mark G.; Anderson, Bradley J.; McMillen, David L.; Miller, Derek

doi:10.15288/jsa.1991.52.142

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“…females were more likely to reoffend or have accidents after convictions. Wells-Parker et al (1991) found that administration of an intensive life-style assessment to high problem females was associated with increased recidivism. These results suggest that the progression of alcohol-related problems may be accelerated among female drinking drivers, and especially among female multiple offenders.…”

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Mortality in a sample of convicted drinking drivers

Mann

Anglin²,

Wilkins³

et al. 1993

Addiction

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Mortality rates for 639 drinking drivers were calculated. The sample consisted of all individuals convicted of a second offence in two Ontario cities (Oshawa and North Bay) between 1973 and late 1978. There were 53 deaths (51 males, 2 females) in the sample prior to the end of 1986. Among males, significant excess total mortality was observed (Standardized Mortality Ratio = 1.7); similar trends were observed among females. Age-related excess mortality and excess mortality by cause were strikingly similar to mortality patterns observed among alcoholics.

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Mortality in a sample of convicted drinking drivers

Mann

Anglin²,

Wilkins³

et al. 1993

Addiction

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“…Fewer women DUI arrestees have a prior record; once arrested, women are less likely to repeat their offense (Argeriou and Paulino, 1976;Shore et al, 1988). In clinical evaluations, too, female drunk drivers are less likely than male drunk drivers to be identified as high-risk problem drinkers (Argeriou and Paulino, 1976;Wells-Parker et al, 1991). Women's drunk driving is usually far less acute than men's.…”

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The Narrowing Gender Gap in Arrests: Assessing Competing Explanations Using Self‐report, Traffic Fatality, and Official Data on Drunk Driving, 1980–2004*

Schwartz

Rookey

2008

Criminology

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We evaluate two alternative explanations for the converging gender gap in arrest—changes in women's behavior versus changes in mechanisms of social control. Using the offense of drunk driving and three methodologically diverse data sets, we explore trends in the DUI gender gap. We probe for change across various age groups and across measures tapping DUI prevalence and chronicity. Augmented Dickey‐Fuller time‐series techniques are used to assess changes in the gender gap and levels of drunk driving from 1980 to 2004. Analyses show women of all ages making arrest gains on men—a converging gender gap. In contrast, self‐report and traffic data indicate little or no systematic change in the DUI gender gap. Findings support the conclusion that mechanisms of social control have shifted to target female offending patterns disproportionately. Little support exists for the contention that increased strain and liberalized gender roles have altered the gender gap or female drunk‐driving patterns.

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“…Women are less likely than men to be repeat DUI offenders (C’de Baca, et al, 2001; Lapham, Skipper, Hunt, & Chang, 2000; Lapham, Skipper, & Simpson, 1997; Wells-Parker, Pang, Anderson, McMillen, & Miller, 1991), making it difficult to obtain samples with sufficient numbers of women to examine gender differences in recidivists. One of the first studies to do so selected consecutive female referrals to a screening program for first-time DUI offenders, frequency matched males to females by date of referral to obtain similar numbers of male and female offenders, and examined predictors of re-arrest within 5 years, including drug use, alcohol problems in a parent or spouse, physical or sexual abuse, treatment referral and completion, and scores on an alcohol screen (Lapham, Skipper, Hunt, & Chang, 2000).…”

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Alcohol criteria endorsement and psychiatric and drug use disorders among DUI offenders: Greater severity among women and multiple offenders

McCutcheon¹,

Heath²,

Edenberg³

et al. 2009

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Purpose-Data from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), a high-risk family study of alcohol dependence, were used to examine differences in alcohol diagnostic criteria endorsement and psychiatric and drug use disorders by gender and by number of DUI offenses.Results-Individuals with two or more DUIs exhibited greater severity of alcohol dependence than those with none or one DUI. This severity was characterized in three ways: (1) higher endorsement of alcohol diagnostic criterion items, with evidence of greater severity among women, (2) higher prevalence of co-occurring lifetime psychiatric disorders, and (3) higher rates of drug use and of dependence on cocaine, stimulants, and, for women only, marijuana and opiates.Conclusions-By examining gradations of disorder within a combination of two high-risk indicators, DUI and family vulnerability, this study provides useful information for clinical research about individuals with chronic and severe alcohol problems. In addition, the observed gender differences in this high-risk sample will contribute to the literature on alcohol dependence among women at the more severe end of the dependence spectrum.

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Female DUI offenders: a comparison to male counterparts and an examination of the effects of intervention on women's recidivism rates.

Cited by 29 publications

References 10 publications

Mortality in a sample of convicted drinking drivers

Mortality in a sample of convicted drinking drivers

The Narrowing Gender Gap in Arrests: Assessing Competing Explanations Using Self‐report, Traffic Fatality, and Official Data on Drunk Driving, 1980–2004*

Alcohol criteria endorsement and psychiatric and drug use disorders among DUI offenders: Greater severity among women and multiple offenders

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