I Did It, But
Exploring DUI Offender Deviance Rationalization in the Digital Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11275606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Tatch (Troy University, Troy, Al, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1193-1208 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Deviant Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01639625.2021.1968773 |
| OpenAlex | W3196533386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 51 |
The dangers associated with alcohol-impaired driving are well documented, most recently stabilizing at still problematic levels around 2010. Recent estimates indicate over 1 million annual DUI arrests. Researchers have primarily adopted quantitative approaches to identify common predictors of impaired driving. Few studies have systematically examined this group using qualitative data, specifically how they process the heavily stigmatized arrests and none have specifically examined these processes in online spaces. To fill this gap, a qualitative content analysis was conducted on over 600 DUI narratives from reddit. This study documents the stigmatizing effects of a DUI arrest and explores the utility of accounts and techniques of neutralization in negotiating impaired driving on a digital stage. Analyses suggest offenders utilize multiple strategies to deflect full culpability for their arrest, performing impression management through excuses, justifications, and techniques of neutralization to minimize responsibility for driving impaired, the reason for police contact, failed field sobriety tests, or illegal blood alcohol concentrations. These insights provide additional support for the utility of easily accessible online data as a fruitful arena for analyses of contemporary social problems
Computer security · Criminology · Culpability · Deviance (statistics · Driving under the influence · Law enforcement · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Rationalization (economics · Sobriety · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
The qualitative content analysis process
Qualitative content analysis in nursing research
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New Directions in Attribution Research
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Deviant Identity in Online Contexts
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Techniques of Neutralization
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Techniques of Neutralization
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Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Like A Virgin
Qualitative Content Analysis
Mind, Self, and Society
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Criminality Theories and Behavioral Images
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Pathological Internet Communities
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Techniques of Neutralization and Animal Rights Activists
Neutralization of drinking behavior
Techniques of Affirmation
Societal Attachments, Offending Frequency, and Techniques of Neutralization
Identity Work, Techniques of Neutralization, and Deviance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |