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Drunk and Alone in a K-Mart Parking Lot: The Pedagogy of Simulations and Contemporary Attitudes Toward Drinking and Driving
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Drunk and Alone in a K-Mart Parking Lot: The Pedagogy of Simulations and Contemporary Attitudes Toward Drinking and Driving

Matthew Crow, Richard Hough, Jason Mosley, John Smykla and Kimberly Tatum
Journal of criminal justice education, Vol.19(3), pp.417-431
11/01/2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10511250802476244
Web of Science ID: WOS:000211211300008

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Abstract

This paper describes the use of active learning strategies to teach research methods in a criminal justice course. We investigated the public's response to a drunk asking for help unlocking a car door to drive home. Students learned the methodology of simulations and then participated in creating a psychological and social state of drinking and acting drunk while asking for help in unlocking their car door. We review the literature on active learning and present an overview of DUI laws. We then describe our methodology of teaching and simulations. The simulation produced 112 incidences of a student drunk asking for help unlocking their car door. One-third (35.7%) of the subjects who said they thought the student was drunk helped him unlock the car door, compared with 62% 25 years earlier (Formby & Smykla, 1984, Journal of Police Science and Administration, 12, 379-384). We conclude with findings and discuss the use of simulations as a pedagogical tool.

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