Abstract
The paper analyses risk behaviour as described by a group of convicted drink-drivers. Risk assessment
is seen as a part of a complicated process reflecting moral values in specific socio-cultural
settings and within a specific framework of time. The respondents’ retrospective accounts of their
drink-driving are interpreted as part of moral identity negotiations, focusing on four dimensions:
drink-driving as non-voluntary behaviour, drink-driving as strategic behaviour, drink-driving and
control, and drink-driving and ‘normalcy’. Central to these negotiations is the fact that many
respondents come from social environments (be that friend groups or workmate groups) where
drink-driving is common and that they therefore do not regard—or did not regard—drink-driving
as deviant behaviour.
is seen as a part of a complicated process reflecting moral values in specific socio-cultural
settings and within a specific framework of time. The respondents’ retrospective accounts of their
drink-driving are interpreted as part of moral identity negotiations, focusing on four dimensions:
drink-driving as non-voluntary behaviour, drink-driving as strategic behaviour, drink-driving and
control, and drink-driving and ‘normalcy’. Central to these negotiations is the fact that many
respondents come from social environments (be that friend groups or workmate groups) where
drink-driving is common and that they therefore do not regard—or did not regard—drink-driving
as deviant behaviour.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | British Journal of Criminology |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 773-88 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISSN | 0007-0955 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |