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Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving

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  • Frank Sloan
  • Lindsey Eldred
  • Sabrina McCutchan
  • Alyssa Platt

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This study assesses why some individuals are rearrested 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 rearrested 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 rearrest was reduced by 6.6% if the person was prosecuted for DWI and, for those prosecuted, by 24.5% if convicted on this charge. Prosecution and conviction for DWI deters rearrest for DWI.

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  • Frank Sloan & Lindsey Eldred & Sabrina McCutchan & Alyssa Platt, 2016. "Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 83(2), pages 416-436, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:soecon:v:83:y:2016:i:2:p:416-436
    DOI: 10.1002/soej.12159
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