Novice drivers and parents: exploring the feasibility of third-party policing in reducing young driver offending
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Novice drivers and parents: exploring the feasibility of third‑party policing in reducing young driver offending David Belsham1 · Lyndel Bates2 · Klaire Somoray1 · Alexia Lennon1
© Springer Nature Limited 2020
Abstract Third-party policing involves police partnering with other individuals or organisations in order to prevent or control crime and disorder. Given the high level of young driver crash rates and offences, an intervention based on third-party policing may reduce both. This study explored the feasibility of using this approach with parents, who would be the third party, and young drivers in the Australian Capital Territory. Semistructured interviews with 16 parents and 11 of their children were conducted. The results suggest that given parents are supportive of the formal policing of young drivers and their willingness to impose additional restrictions on their children, that the introduction of an intervention based on a third-party policing framework is feasible. However, the lack of knowledge of GDL restrictions that apply to their child may make it difficult for parents to act as an enforcement authority in partnership with police. There is also the need to introduce a legal lever to support parents in their interactions with children and enable police to coerce parents into taking action. Keywords Provisional drivers · Intermediate drivers · Graduated driver licensing · Road policing · Third-party policing
Introduction Road trauma is the leading cause of death and disability for young Australians (Walker et al. 2017). Graduated driver licensing (GDL) is internationally recognised as a best practice countermeasure, with different systems in place in the USA (Williams et al. 2016; Steadman et al. 2014), Canada (Mayhew et al. 1998), New * Lyndel Bates [email protected] 1
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS‑Q), Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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Zealand (Begg et al. 2014; Langley et al. 1996), and Australia (Scott-Parker and Rune 2016; Senserrick 2009). Within countries, jurisdictional variation also occurs, making the need for policing strategies capable of transcending, but being informed by, specific regional restrictions. A framework that has explored the possibility of enhancing compliance using resources available to police in all jurisdictions, parents, is third-party policing (TPP). Third‑party policing TPP is a form of joint policing or support provided to police to maintain law and order (Smith and Alpert 2011). It can be used to prevent or control crime (Mazerolle and Ransley 2005). In this framework, police agencies create partnerships and either voluntarily or involuntarily convince non-offending agencies to use their resources to reduce crime (Buerger and Mazerolle 1998; Ransley and Mazerolle 2009). A key eleme
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