title: Drink driving as a social problem: comparing the attitudes and knowledge of drink driving offenders and the general community.
abstract: Using data from a community survey together with data from a survey of drink-driving offenders, this paper compares the attitudes and knowledge of two matched samples on a number of drink driving issues. The total sample (149 offenders and 149 community sample respondents) were interviewed using a survey instrument containing a number of comparable questions. The offender sample were interviewed by trained interviewers in a face-to-face format, while the general community sample were interviewed using a computer aided telephone interview system. The specific issues dealt with include: a) knowledge of safe drinking and blood alcohol consumption (BAC) levels; b) attitudes towards strategies for avoiding drink driving; and c) general attitudes regarding drink driving. The analysis uses logistic regression to investigate the differences between the responses given by the two samples. The findings illustrate a number of significant differences in knowledge and attitudes between offenders and the general community.
authors.affiliation: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Geographical Science and Planning, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane. s.baum@mailbox.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011639:Public Opinion; D011793:Queensland
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol