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Examination of drink-driving offences brought before the Local Court in 1997 and 1999 showed that, after the legislation was enacted, there was a significant increase in the severity of penalties drink-drivers received on conviction.  \nComparisons of drink-drivers sentenced before and after the legislative amendments also revealed a significant reduction in reoffending after these penalties were increased. This reduction in recidivism  \nwas, however, confined to offenders who resided outside of the Sydney metropolitan area.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nIn Australia, since the early 1980s, there have been substantial declines in both the number and the proportion of motor vehicle fatalities that are alcohol-related. In 1981, the proportion of fatally injured drivers recording a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.05g/100ml or greater was 44 per cent. By 1998, this had reduced to just 26 per cent (Australian Transport SafetyBureau 1998). Despite this considerable reduction, alcohol still remains one of the primary causes of road fatalities and contributes significantly to non-fatal road injuries in Australia. Chikritzhs et al. (2000) report that 418 persons died from a road injury attributable to alcohol in Australia in 1997 and 7,789 persons had to be hospitalised. This translates to just over 17,000 person-years of life lost from alcoholrelated road fatalities and almost 45,000 bed-days required for alcohol-related road injuries. The extent of injury and death resulting from alcohol-related road accidents indicates that drink-driving and related problems remain important priorities for public policy.  \nRecognising the importance of drinkdriving as a major public health issue, the NSW State Government increased statutory penalties for drink-driving offences in September 1998.1 For almost all drink-driving offences the maximum penalties were doubled for both the first offence and any subsequent drinkdriving offence. These harsher penalties included doubling the maximum gaol terms for mid-range (BAC 0.08g/100ml to less than 0.15g/100ml) and high-range (BAC 0.15g/100ml and higher) drink-driving offences, as well as doubling the maximum licence disqualification periods and the maximum monetary fines for all drinkdriving offences. Other amendments included the introduction of mandatory three-month minimum licence disqualifications for special-range (BAC 0. 02g/100ml to less than 0. 05g/100ml)2 and low-range (BAC 0.05g/100ml to less than 0.08g/100ml) drink-driving offencesand the doubling of minimum licence disqualifications for mid-range and highrange drink-driving offences (see the Appendix for more detail on drink-driving penalties in NSW) .3  \nThe aim of these legislative amendments was to “enhance the deterrent effect of our road penalties and … help to improve road safety”(Mr Scully, Minister for Transport, and Minister for Roads;  \n2nd Reading of Traffic Amendment (Penalties and Disqualifications) Bill to Legislative Assembly, 21/05/98) . This bulletin investigates the effectiveness of the increased statutory penalties in achieving the first of these aims, by examining reoffending rates of drinkdrivers before and after the legislation was enacted.  \nA threshold question when examining the effect of changes to sentencing law on recidivism is whether the legal changes resulted in any increase in the severity of penalties actually imposed by the courts. If they did not affect sentencing practice, any change in recidivism cannot be attributed to ","cbCaivg4vJmF3cAw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivg4vJmF3cAw","pdf",185589,12,"English","# Introduction\n## Legislative changes and policy aims\n## Assessing impact on sentencing practice\n## Prosecution and conviction outcomes\n## Severity of penalties after amendments\n## Recidivism results by offender residence","[{\"question\":\"What legislative changes were introduced for drink-driving in NSW in 1998?\",\"answer\":\"The bulletin describes doubled maximum penalties for most drink-driving offences, including gaol terms, licence disqualification periods, and monetary fines, plus mandatory minimum disqualifications for certain blood alcohol concentration ranges.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the amendments affect sentencing severity in NSW Local Courts?\",\"answer\":\"After enactment, drink-drivers received significantly more severe penalties on conviction, including higher average gaol terms, fines, and licence disqualification durations as reported in the comparative tables.\"},{\"question\":\"Did the increased penalties reduce reoffending, and for whom?\",\"answer\":\"Recidivism decreased significantly after penalties were increased, with the reduction mainly confined to offenders who resided outside the Sydney metropolitan area.\"}]","Alcohol Studies Bulletin - Number 5 - May 2004 | PDF",1789918341]