형벌의 음주운전 억제효과에 관한 실증적 연구

초록

The purpose of this study is to provide basic materials for establishing DWI deterrence policy by analysing the effectiveness of punishment. Data of 640 drivers' written opinion of investigation from Gumjung police station in 2006. This study analysed the effectiveness of fine with abidance duration and compared effectiveness of fine and imprisonment. For these analysis, multiple regression model and Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA) method were conducted. The results of these analysis were as follows. First, multiple regression model showed that fine to the DWI offenders didn't have a deterrence effectiveness. And the more fine was sentenced, the shorter was abidance duration. Second, the result of ANCOVA showed that imprisonment was more effective than fine in DWI deterrence. The abidance duration of imprisonment was longer by two times than that of fine. These study results suggested a policy implications. A renewed regulation must be passed to make possible a short-term imprisonment(e.g., 2-3 days on weekend) for DWI, especially for chronic DWI offenders, which will be able to reduce recidivism rates of DWI. This study had two major limitations. First, socioeconomic variables such as education level, marriage status, and economic condition were not controlled. Second, the study area was constrained to only one city, which put restraint on generalization of the study results. Nevertheless, this study made valuable contributions in that analysing the deterrence effectiveness of fine and imprisonment.

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