women who do drive after drinking are not similarly constrained. Behavioral under control might also be associated with the high endorsement of alcohol withdrawal by women with DUIs, since it shares some genetic risk with alcohol dependence (Slutske et al., 2002), and a related concept, novelty-seeking, is associated with greater familial risk for alcohol dependence (Grucza et al., 2006). While there is evidence that individuals with histories of DUI or drinking and driving display more impulsivity, risk-taking, sensation-seeking, and aggressive behavior than individuals without such histories (Donovan, 1993; Wilson, 1992), those studies included only small samples of women and did not examine gender differences. Our examination of individual alcohol criteria highlights gender differences among DUI offenders which have not previously emerged.
