Drunk Driving
Date Published
February 1988
Publication Type
Publication
U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1998 202/307-0784 FOUR IN TEN CRIMINAL OFFENDERS REPORT ALCOHOL AS A FACTOR IN VIOLENCE But Alcohol-Related Deaths and Consumption in Decline WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Although alcohol consumption and alcohol-related deaths are in decline, alcohol abuse is still linked to a large percentage of criminal offenses, the Justice Department's Bureau of...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 202/307-0784 MORE THAN 500,000 DRUNK DRIVERS ON PROBATION OR INCARCERATED IN 1997 WASHINGTON, D.C. An estimated 513,200 people were under correctional supervision as a consequence of driving while intoxicated by alcohol (DWI) in 1997 up from 270,100 in 1986, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today...