America’s Need for DUI Courts Claudia Delude Ivy Tech Community College ABSTRACT Persistent drunk driver’s have already been through the system. They need an alternative form of punishment. The traditional punitive punishments handed out by statute are not effective. This is proven when a driver gets his third‚ fourth or fifth DUI. This paper explores the DUI court model and how it is more effective in reducing recidivism. This method of judicial process
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Suspension “First DUI conviction can cause your license to be invalidated for up to 2 years. Revocation of your license can also cause you to lose your job‚ especially if it requires you to drive. Finding someone to drive you all the time is very challenging. You may likewise arrive late for work habitually‚ feel disappointed‚ and be less mindful when you at last arrived. Your work conduct may endure‚ as well.” Negative Background Checks Result “A lawful offense or wrongdoing DUI conviction will show
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Traffic-Flow Model of Alcohol Related Motor Vehicle Accidents.” Academic Search Elite. Vol. 71 Issue 2. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs. P237-248. 20 Nov. 2011. 2. “Driving Under the Influence Statistics”. PsycEXTRA. 20 Nov. 2011. 3. “Escondido Accepts DUI Checkpoint Grant.” SignOnSanDiego.com. n.p.‚ 21 Aug. 2010.Web. 20 Nov. 2011. 4. Miller‚ Ted. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. “Costs and Benefits of a Community Sobriety Checkpoint Program”. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs‚ July 1998
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We Need Tougher DUI Laws in The United States There are many reasons that the laws for DUI need to be tougher in The United States of America. The ones that are of greatest concern are the death rates due to DUI offenses‚ the cost of these offenses and the repeat offender rate. The best way to combat these offenses is to make the fines larger‚ make the prison sentences stricter and make it harder for the offender to get their license reinstated after an arrest for DUI. The law for DUI’s is not
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regulation that governs it is article 112 of the uniformed code of military justice. DUI is a very serious offense‚ but when faced with a DUI while serving in the military‚ it means the consequences can and usually are much more severe. If someone who is a member of the armed forces finds him or herself facing a Military DUI charge‚ there are a number of differences regarding a military DUI compared to a civilian DUI charge. The first difference is that when a person is in the military‚ their case can
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Reaction of Tiger Woods for DUI charger Recently‚ Tiger Woods was arrested on DUI charge and have to lend in jail for four hours. Tiger Woods attributed an unexpected reaction for his arrest on the DUI charge. He is a famous great golfer who had back surgery five weeks ago was land to jail on the charge DUI on last Monday taken to Palm Beach County jail. He was released on the basis of his own recognize. Woods clearly said in the statement “I understand the severity of what I did and I take full
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The DUI experience speaker really had an impact on me. I have had many fellow class mates in high school die in alcohol-related car crashes. I honestly had no clue that the average age a person consume alcohol is fourteen years old. When I was fourteen I never even thought of drinking. The average age to start abusing drugs is sixteen years old; I personally know that is about correct. I grew up in a town where it is very common to be on drugs at a very young age. So I grew up around all the drugs
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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Constitutional Laws Constitutional law is the branch of law relates the relationship between the judiciary‚ the legislature‚ and the executive. Constitutional law is responsible for setting out the government’s general operating framework. Constitutional laws usually determine the scope of the terms contained in constitutions‚ and their applications. Constitutional laws cover various areas of law‚ such as individual rights‚ relationships between various bodies of governments‚ legislative
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Many DUI offenders were under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol when they were arrested. However‚ over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs can lead to a DUI arrest. Although DUI laws and how they are applied to prescription medication vary by state‚ you can get arrested for driving under the influence of prescription medications or any other legal drug that impairs your ability to drive. Many prescription medications affect your ability to drive. Narcotic pain pills such as Vicodin
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