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Drink Driving Recidivists (Offender (What precautions can be taken to…
Drink Driving Recidivists
Victims
Is the victim entitled to some form of compensation for the damage caused by the offender?
Are punitive damages available as well as special damages and general?
Community
What are the impacts on the victims family, close friends, work colleagues?
Is this an offence that is widely socially acceptable or is it frowned upon?
Does the different type of community geographically affect the rate of DD within that community compared to others?
Offender
What precautions can be taken to ensure the offence won't be repeated?
What are the characteristics of the offender? (i.e. age, sex, race, employment etc.)
What psychological reasons are behind the drink driving?
Is there a mental health issue which is causing the offender to DD?
Emergency Services
What costs are the government having to fund in order to attend to the accidents/emergencies?
Are there enough staff employed on emergency services to attend to these emergencies?
What other emergencies are these accidents taking emergency services away from to attend to these?
Penalty
Should the same penalty apply if the offence is continually occurring?
Should the offender be kept accountable in some way?
Weighing up the characteristics of the offender and the likelihood of repeated DD, what is an appropriate punishment?
Government
What programs can be funded by the government to rehabilitate the victims who are suffering psychological/physical injuries from the trauma?
What programs can be funded by the government to ensure the repeat offenders who repeat the drink driving because of psychological issues to ensure they have the available help required?
Are the current programs ran by the government actually improving the health and well being of the repeat offenders therefore lowering the rate of of accidents caused by DD?