Determinants of Youth Attitudes and Skills Towards Which Drinking/Driving Prevention Programs Should Be Directed, Volume II: An In-Depth Review of Twelve Youth DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) Programs

• NCJ Number: 112112
• Author(s): K M Marshall; L Smith-Donals; P Cooke; P DeLucas; M Blasinsky; M Klitzner
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 89 pages
• Grant Number(s): DTNH-84-C-07284
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin
• Corporate Author: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Interim report number DOT HS 806 904.

Annotation

This first task of a multicomponent, nationwide project designed to analyze programs that encourage juveniles to avoid drinking and driving portrays 12 juvenile drunk driving prevention programs across the Nation.

Abstract

The site-visit programs were selected to represent the range of juvenile drunk driving prevention programs operating in the United States and to provide diversity across the following variables: location, program intensity, message orientation/complexity, implementation scope, program focus, target population, and evaluation activities. Data collection solicited standardized information on each program while providing local informants with opportunities to inject background material, express personal opinions, and relate anecdotes pertinent to the program's operation. Research was designed to provide a variety of perspectives on each program. All interviews, however, involved persons close to the program or directly affected by it. The information provided for each program covers program description, site-visit activities, community and target population, assumptions and premises, implementation issues, and impact.