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The young, delinquency, drink and driving

Mary Sheehan and J Nucifora

Published in:
Alcohol and crime : proceedings of a conference held 4-6 April 1989
Julia Vernon (ed)
ISBN 0 642 14961 5 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 1)

Abstract

This paper presents both statistical and descriptive information obtained during the development of the PASS (Plan a Safe Strategy) drink driving program. This is a school based education program for Queensland's Year 10 students which is designed to prevent the onset of drink driving by young adults. The authors report the results of a study conducted to determine if the characteristics attributed to adult drink drivers can be identified in high school students, if they can be related to drink driving behaviours, and what proportion of a student group will have these characteristics. They briefly outline the implications of the results for educational program design.