Understanding and preventing hit-and-run driving: a crime script analysis

Although a small body of research has explored drivers’ decisions to leave the scene of a road traffic collision (hit-and-run), little research has explored how understanding the processes of hit-and-run collisions could inform prevention strategies. Drawing upon findings from a literature review an...

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Autor principal: Hopkins, Matt (Autor)
Otros Autores: Chivers, Sally 1972-
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [2018]
En: Crime prevention and community safety
Año: 2018, Volumen: 20, Número: 1, Páginas: 16-29
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
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Sumario:Although a small body of research has explored drivers’ decisions to leave the scene of a road traffic collision (hit-and-run), little research has explored how understanding the processes of hit-and-run collisions could inform prevention strategies. Drawing upon findings from a literature review and in-depth interviews with 52 convicted hit-and-run drivers, a crime script approach is utilised as a heuristic device to explore the precursors, immediate aftermath and longer-term aftermath of hit-and-run events. This method allows for motivational factors to be identified. Then, utilising Clarke’s techniques of situational crime prevention as a guiding framework, possibilities for the prevention of hit-and-run are presented.
ISSN:1743-4629
DOI:10.1057/s41300-017-0036-1