{"id":13895,"date":"2024-01-01T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/?p=13895"},"modified":"2023-12-27T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T20:49:09","slug":"the-psychology-of-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-hit-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"The Psychology of Hit and Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The alarming rise in hit-and-run incidents raises pressing questions for criminal defense lawyers about the psychology underlying why certain drivers fail to stop and render aid.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13903 lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hit-and-Run-Lawyers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hit and Run Lawyers\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hit-and-Run-Lawyers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hit-and-Run-Lawyers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hit-and-Run-Lawyers-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hit-and-Run-Lawyers.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a fleeting moment of panic to a calculated decision to evade consequences, the decision to flee to elude criminal charges reflects a troubling intersection of personal, societal, and situational factors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The literature reveals that young males, frequently under the influence of alcohol or drugs, are potentially the predominant group of offenders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-hit-and-run\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The Psychology of Hit and Run\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The alarming rise in hit-and-run incidents raises pressing questions for criminal defense lawyers about the psychology underlying why certain drivers fail to stop and render aid.\u00a0 From a fleeting moment of panic to a calculated decision to evade consequences, the decision to flee to elude criminal charges reflects a troubling intersection of personal, societal, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,90,6],"tags":[32,1036,1311,1310,1309,1312],"class_list":["post-13895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-defense","category-dui","category-dwi","tag-bill-powers","tag-criminal-defense-lawyers","tag-elude-arrest","tag-failure-to-stop-and-render-aid","tag-hit-and-run-charges-in-north-carolina","tag-nc-dwi-attorney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Psychology of Hit and Run<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why do people fail to stop and render aid? 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