Age, gender and deterrability: Are younger male drivers more likely to discount the future?

James E Freeman; Sherrie-Anne Kaye; Verity Truelove; Jeremy D Davey

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2017.03.022

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Age, gender and deterrability: Are younger male drivers more likely to discount the future?

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Age, gender and deterrability: Are younger male drivers more likely to discount the future?

James E Freeman, Sherrie-Anne Kaye, Verity Truelove and Jeremy D Davey

Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.104, pp.1-9

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.03.022

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deterrence

age

gender

speeding

discounting the future

Utilizing the Classical Deterrence theory and Stafford and Warr's (1993) reconceptualized model of deterrence, the current study examined whether age, gender, and discounting the future tendencies influence perceptions of being apprehended for speeding offences. Licensed motorists (N = 700; 57% female) in Queensland (Australia) were recruited to complete a self-report questionnaire that measured perceptual deterrence, speeding related behaviors and discounting the future tendencies. Data were analyzed utilizing descriptive, bivariate and multivariate regressions. Significant (albeit weak) positive correlations were found between age and perceptions of apprehension certainty. Males were significantly more likely to report higher incidences of speeding (including while avoiding detection) compared to females. In contrast, females were more likely to perceive high levels of apprehension certainty and consider impending penalties to be more severe. At a multivariate level, discounting the future tendencies (in addition to being male, reporting lower levels of perceptual severity and swiftness, and more instances of punishment avoidance) were predictive of lower perceptual certainty levels. This study is one of the first to reveal that being male and having a tendency to discount the consequences of the future may directly influence drivers' perceptual deterrence levels.

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Title: Age, gender and deterrability: Are younger male drivers more likely to discount the future?
Authors: James E Freeman (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Sherrie-Anne Kaye (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Verity Truelove (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Jeremy D Davey (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.104, pp.1-9
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.03.022
ISSN: 0001-4575; 0001-4575
Organisation Unit: Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451491102621
Output Type: Journal article

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