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152717 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25060 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2014 vi, 40 p. : col. ill., col. maps Masters Thesis Academic theses Text eng Broyles, Joshua Ready, Justin Reisig, Michael Telep, Cody Arizona State University Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2014 Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-40) Field of study: Criminology and criminal justice Driving under the influence (DUI) is a problem in American society that has received considerable attention over recent decades from local police agencies, lobby groups, and the news media. While punitive policies, administrative sanctions and aggressive media campaigns to deter drinking and driving have been used in the past, less conventional methods to restructure or modify the urban environment to discourage drunk driving have been underused. Explanations with regard to DUIs are policy driven more often than they are guided by criminological theory. The current study uses the routine activities perspective as a backdrop for assessing whether a relatively new mode of transportation - an urban light rail system - in a large metropolitan city in the Southwestern U.S. can alter behaviors of individuals who are likely to drive under the influence of alcohol. The study is based on a survey of undergraduate students from a large university that has several stops on the light rail system connecting multiple campuses. This thesis examines whether the light rail system has a greater effect on students whose routines activities (relatively unsupervised college youth with greater access to cars and bars) are more conducive to driving under the influence of alcohol. An additional purpose of the current study is to determine whether proximity to the light rail system is associated with students driving under the influence of alcohol, while controlling for other criminological factors criminology Binge Drinking Drinking and driving Light Rail Public Transit Routines Transportation Drunk driving--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area--Prevention. Drunk driving Street-railroads--Social aspects--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Street-railroads College students--Transportation--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area. College students Drinking and driving and public transportation: a test of the routine activity framework