Drunk Driving Case Study

Should drunk drivers face jail time after their first offense, the opinions of people differ. One side states that a person after being convicted of drunk driving should have a jail sentence, as to the other side states that there should be other things offered to the person such as counseling and classes. The difficult part of the decision is that the person’s life could be ruined because of one bad decision. It can be tough to decided which side to take. Especially when there are groups such as MADD (mothers against drunk driving). This group believes that any person found to be over the legal limit should be convicted and face jail time no matter what the circumstances are. In an article, written Erika Strebel, a law student and writer

Countries”, written by Bryan Rookey, an Associate Professor at the University of Portland, is quoted “although driving a vehicle while intoxicated has been against the law, social definition of drunk driving has changed” (Rookey 4). The rate at which drunk drivers are pulled over and charged has increased more and more with every year, even with the laws that are in place. There are more and more people on the roads that could be charged with drunk driving. The fact that they could get lucky and not get caught is another

Others try but drop out of the program early on. We conducted qualitative interviews with twelve people who were offered the opportunity to participate in an urban DWI court in a Midwestern county between 2007 and 2010, but who either chose not to participate or who tried but did not succeed in the program. The authors point to the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in order to explain the findings and ultimately inform practitioner methods for engaging potential DWI court clients and enhancing success rates.” (Eckberg