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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Published in:Crime prevention and community safety 2018-02, Vol.20 (1), p.16-29
Main Authors: Hopkins, Matt, Chivers, Sally
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobile drivers
Crime and Society
Crime prevention
Criminology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Hit & run accidents
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Social Sciences
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Summary: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:1460-3780
1743-4629
DOI:10.1057/s41300-017-0036-1