Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Public's Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Drinking and Driving
Author: The Public's Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Drinking and Driving :.
Author: Public Attitudes Toward Drinking and Driving
Author: E. M. TraversPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drinking and traffic accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior, 1993
Author: John M. BoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Alcohol and Public Policy
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309031494
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior: 1997. Final Report
Author: D. BalmforthPublic Attitudes Toward Alcohol-impaired Driving and Speed
Author: W. A. PerkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drinking and traffic accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior: 1995. Final Report
Author: Timothy L. JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Perception of DWI Laws: a Study of the General Awareness and the Attitudes of Public and Official Groups Towards the Drinking Driving Laws. Final Report
Author: Robert Frank BorkensteinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Culture of Public Problems
Author: Joseph R. GusfieldPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226310949
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"Everyone knows 'drunk driving' is a 'serious' offense. And yet, everyone knows lots of 'drunk drivers' who don't get involved in accidents, don't get caught by the police, and manage to compensate adequately for their 'drunken disability.' Everyone also knows of 'drunk drivers' who have been arrested and gotten off easy. Gusfield's book dissects the conventional wisdom about 'drinking-driving' and examines the paradox of a 'serious' offense that is usually treated lightly by the judiciary and rarely carries social stigma."—Mac Marshall, Social Science and Medicine "A sophisticated and thoughtful critic. . . . Gusfield argues that the 'myth of the killer drunk' is a creation of the 'public culture of law.' . . . Through its dramatic development and condemnation of the anti-social character of the drinking-driver, the public law strengthens the illusion of moral consensus in American society and celebrates the virtues of a sober and orderly world."—James D. Orcutt, Sociology and Social Research "Joseph Gusfield denies neither the role of alcohol in highway accidents nor the need to do something about it. His point is that the research we conduct on drinking-driving and the laws we make to inhibit it tells us more about our moral order than about the effects of drinking-driving itself. Many will object to this conclusion, but none can ignore it. Indeed, the book will put many scientific and legal experts on the defensive as they face Gusfield's massive erudition, pointed analysis and criticism, and powerful argumentation. In The Culture of Public Problems, Gusfield presents the experts, and us, with a masterpiece of sociological reasoning."—Barry Schwartz, American Journal of Sociology This book is truly an outstanding achievement. . . . It is sociology of science, sociology of law, sociology of deviance, and sociology of knowledge. Sociologists generally should find the book of great theoretical interest, and it should stimulate personal reflection on their assumptions about science and the kind of consciousness it creates. They will also find that the book is a delight to read."—William B. Bankston, Social Forces