Author : Karen Goodman
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781402732782
Accompanied by a DVD of an HBO documentary entitled: Smashed--toxic tales of teens and alcohol.
Author : Joseph R. Gusfield
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0226310949
"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
Author : Barron H. Lerner
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1421401908
Introduction : what's the harm? -- The discovery of drunk driving -- Science and government enter the fray -- The MADD mothers take charge -- The movement matures and splinters -- Lamb, lightner, and libertarians : a backlash -- Conclusion: more (and more) stories.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 1981-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309031494
Author : James B. Jacobs
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226389790
In this ambitious interdisciplinary study, James B. Jacobs provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of America's drunk driving problem and of America's anti-drunk driving policies and jurisprudence. In a clear and accessible style, he considers what has been learned, what is being done, and what constitutional limits exist to the control and enforcement of drunk driving.
Author : Lawrence Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 1484 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Defense (Criminal procedure)
ISBN :
"Providing step-by-step instruction in defense of a drunk driving case in California, California Drunk Driving Defense outlines what to anticipate and how to prepare for DUI/DWI pretrial and trial proceedings. The authors provide information on sentencing, license suspension, and revocation, as well as strategy guidance regarding: Field evidence and the arresting officer; What to expect and how to prepare for pretrial and trial proceedings; Methods to challenge the Intoxilyzer, Intoximeter, and blood and urine analyses; Tasks for cross-examination of the chemical expert and the arresting officer; Professional responsibility issues; Civilian witnesses; Substantive offenses; Giving compelling jury instructions; Suppression of evidence, and Successfully attacking prior convictions" -- http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Treatises/California-Drunk-Driving-Defense-5th/p/104310653
Author : Jordan Sonnenblick
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545231892
Just when you thought you had it all figured out . . . "Alex Peter Gregory, you are a moron!" Laurie slammed her palms down on my desk and stomped her foot. I get a lot of that.One car crash.One measly little car crash. And suddenly, I'm some kind of convicted felon.My parents are getting divorced, my dad is shacking up with my third-grade teacher, I might be in love with a girl who could kill me with one finger, and now I'm sentenced to babysit some insane old guy.What else could possibly go wrong?This is the story of Alex Gregory, his guitar, his best gal pal Laurie, and the friendship of a lifetime that he never would have expected.
Author : R. Jean Wilson
Publisher : Guilford Publication
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 13,69 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780898621709
Interdisciplinary volume documents scientific advances, social trends, and innovations in the study of alcohol consumption and the driver. The first section deals with efforts to understand the impaired driver. The second section covers deterrence of the problem. The third section discusses other preventive measures which take individual needs into account. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Eric Hendrixson
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781621052203
"Outlandish fun. A descendant of "Cannonball Run" and "It's a Mad Mad Mad World" with every bit of the manic exuberance." -GARRETT COOK, Wonderland Book Award winning author of "Time Pimp" When a hundred drunk drivers line up for a cross-country competition, it will be a race you won't forget and they won't remember. The best drunk drivers in the nation have gathered at the U.S. Capitol for a race to the Pacific Ocean. They have talent. They have ambition. They have breathalyzers in their cars that will shut off the engine if the driver's blood alcohol content drops below .16. The flag drops at the height of rush hour. After a fifty-car pileup at the starting line and dozens of major accidents on the streets of D.C., only six cars make it out of the city. Second-string stockcar drivers, German Kung Fu masters, forgotten Soviet sleeper agents, frat boys, an unemployed sommelier, and a washed-up 80s pop star battle it out in this grueling, action-packed race. Facing overwhelming obstacles and outrageous intoxication, the racers battle the police, AA sponsors, each other, and themselves for the grand prize of one million dollars and a free liver transplant. From the most sardonic voice in modern fiction comes a debaucherous action-comedy in the form of a bizarro "Cannonball Run."
Author : Sean Lynott
Publisher :
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Drinking and traffic accidents
ISBN : 9781999820718
I awoke to an unfamiliar sound vibrating through my head, my stomach churning, my body was aching all over. This was a familiar morning wake up call, except this time there was this unfamiliar noise. I could hardly make out the squeaky irritating sounds at first, and then I realized it was a small transistor radio belting out tunes and crackling sounds, which sounded alien to me at first. My head was pounding, which was unusual, as I rarely had headaches from booze. I raised my hand to my forehead only to feel, what I can only describe as something like thread sticking out and so I tugged at them at first and boy did they hurt. It was then I realized they were stitches. I would soon find out that I'd killed a boy in a car accident because I'd insisted I could drive. I was drunk. I was drunk all the time, and I couldn't even admit it to myself. I journeyed through regret and toxic shame for decades. Now, I'm sober, and I'm recovering. It is my vision that by being vulnerable and sharing what happened to me and how I have recovered it will touch the aching hearts of others and inspire them to come forward, get the help they need and deserve, love and forgive themselves, and start living life once more.
