A Case Study of Crime and Victimization

Running head: VICTIMOLOGY PROJECT 1
Victimology Week 2 Project
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VICTIMOLOGY PROJECT 2
A Case Study of Crime and Victimization
The Failure Criminal Justice Sentence based on the Elderly Rights
The case study offered quotes that John Mathews was a driver involved in drunk driving.
In the process, he was involved in an accident that led to severe physical injuries on two elderly
couples. The couple was hospitalized for one year due to physical injuries while John only
suffered minor injuries. Previously, John Mathews has been involved in multiple cases of drunk
driving, and although he had enrolled in several local support groups, his condition did not
improve. Personally, I believe that the best criminal justice sentence for John Mathews is short-
term imprisonment, two-year fine, and a ban from driving in accordance with the drink driving
violation laws. For instance, the Drink Driving Law states that careless driving and causing
accidents while drunk may attract a maximum jail sentence of ten years, followed by an
unlimited fine, and two-year probation from driving (Drink Aware, 2018). Personally, I would
accord John Mathews a jail term of four-year jail term under a patient-centered, rehabilitation
program. A further sentence would be the provocation of the driving license for a period of not
less than three years.
Recidivism Rates for Drink Driving
The Center for Disease Control establishes that an estimated sum of 10,497 people died
in drink driving road carnages in 2016. This figure accounted for 28% of all deaths by road
accidents in the United States alone (CDC, 2017). Of 1233 traffic accidents involve children
aged from 0-14 years, and it is estimated that 14% of this population dies due to drunk driving
road accidents. In 2016, more than a million drivers were apprehended and charged for drunk
driving in the United States (CDC, 2017). According to Gusfield (2004) when discussing the