Table 2.

Fixed-Effects SUR Results: Female and Male Arrests as a Function of Law-in-Effect, Law Enforcement Resources & Controls

	Females				Males
Variable Name	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
	b	b	b	b	b	b	b	b
	SE b	SE b	SE b	SE b	SE b	SE b	SE b	SE b
BAC Law-in-Effect (1=.08% BAC)	0.13*	0.11*	0.10	0.11*	0.12**	0.11*	0.11**	0.11*
	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Law Enforcement Resources
DUI Units (% coverage)	--	0.004***^	0.005***^	0.007***^	--	0.002*^	0.002**^	0.003***^
		0.001	0.001	0.001		0.001	0.001	0.001
Female Percent of Sworn Officers	--	0.03^	0.03^	0.03^	--	0.05**^	0.05**^	0.05**^
		0.02	0.02	0.02		0.02	0.02	0.02
Sworn Officers Rate (per 1000)	--	−0.17*	−0.18**	−0.19	--	−0.18	−0.20	−0.21
		0.07	0.07	0.07		0.06	0.06	0.06
Exogenous Factors
Self-reported Drunk Driving (%)	--	--	−0.007	−0.005	--	--	0.009*	0.008
			0.01	0.01			0.004	0.004
Heavy Drinking Prevalence (%)	--	--	0.01**	0.01**	--	--	0.005	0.005
			0.004	0.004			0.003	0.003
Interaction Effects
BAC * DUI Units	--	--	--	−0.004***^	--	--	--	−0.002^
				0.001				0.001
Controls
Unemployment Rate	−0.08***^	−0.06***^	−0.07***^	−0.07***^	−0.05***^	−0.04**^	−0.05**^	−0.05**^
	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
% pop 21–24	0.03	0.02^	0.02^	0.03^	0.05**	0.04*^	0.05**^	0.05**^
	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Constant	5.95	5.78	5.74	5.73	7.82	7.74	7.71	7.70
R2	0.89	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.89	0.90	0.90	0.90

^***p < .001;

^**p < .01;

^*p < .05;

^{^}significant sex difference between female and male coefficients

Note: All models include dummy variables for state [n=24 states] and year [1991–2007] (not shown)