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Sobriety Checkpoints

Sobriety Checkpoints is a law enforcement practice consisting of systematically established roadside locations where drivers are briefly detained to assess signs of alcohol impairment, distinguished from general traffic stops by its preventive, suspicionless screening function aimed at deterring and detecting drunk driving.

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106

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2017–2026

3

Variants

Dui CheckpointsDwi Checkpoints

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Publications

38

Effectiveness of Sobriety Checkpoints for Reducing Alcohol-Involved Crashes

Randy Elder, Ruth A. Shults, David A. Sleet et al. · Traffic Injury Prevention · 2002 · 160 citations

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The effect on teen driving outcomes of the Checkpoints Program in a state-wide trial

Bruce G. Simons‐Morton, Jessica L. Hartos, William A. Leaf et al. · Accident Analysis & Prevention · 2006 · 79 citations

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Why are sobriety checkpoints not widely adopted as an enforcement strategy in the United States?

James C. Fell, Susan A. Ferguson, Allan F. Williams et al. · Accident Analysis & Prevention · 2003 · 64 citations

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Drinking drivers missed at sobriety checkpoints.

JoAnn K. Wells, Michael Greene, Robert D. Foss et al. · Journal of Studies on Alcohol · 1997 · 47 citations

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Adolescent Drinking and Alcohol Policy

Joel W. Grube, Peter Nygaard · Contemporary Drug Problems · 2001 · 47 citations

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Authors

106

  1. RB
    Robert B. Voas

    Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation, United States

    6 publications · 133 citations

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  2. JK
    JoAnn K. Wells

    Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, United States

    4 publications · 108 citations

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  3. JC
    James C. Fell

    Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation, United States

    4 publications · 129 citations

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  4. JH
    J. Hubert Lacey

    St George's, University of London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 79 citations

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  5. KH
    Kenneth H. Beck

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 43 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

    Arlington, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    515 citations

  2. Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation

    Calverton, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    289 citations

  3. Institute for Research and Evaluation

    Salt Lake City, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    196 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    53 citations

  5. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    179 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    155 citations

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Venues

  1. Traffic Injury Prevention

    8 publications · 299 citations

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  3. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 3 publications · 87 citations

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  4. Accident Analysis & Prevention

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 61 citations

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