Impact of treatment on driving while impaired DWI offenders : a 10 year follow-up.

Author(s)
Nochajski, T.H. Bell, J.A. & Augustino, D.K.
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Abstract

This study represents a 10 year follow-up of 85 individuals from upstate New York that were on probation as the result of a drinking-driving conviction. 25 were not assigned to alcohol treatment as part of their probation conditions, while 60 successfully completed alcohol treatment programs. There were no differences between the two age groups for age, education, prior alcohol treatment, number of previous drinking-driving convictions, or presence of arrests for crimes other that drink driving Comparisons between the two age groups of individuals were made for subsequent DWI arrests, any type of subsequent arrest, and the time between the original arrest date and a subsequent arrest. The no treatment subsequent arrest. The no treatment group was significantly more likely than the treatment group to be rearrested for drinking and driving, had a larger number of subsequent drinking-driving offences, a greater number of subsequent arrests for crimes other than DWI, and a shorter duration of time between the initial arrest and a subsequent arrest. These results suggest that alcohol treatment may have played a significant role in reducing continued drinking-and-driving by this more severe group of offenders. (A)

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C 7659 (In: C 7541 b) /83 / IRRD 878152
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In: Alcohol, drugs and traffic safety : proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety T'95, held under the auspices of the International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety ICADTS, Adelaide, 13-18 August 1995, Volume 2, p. 811-816, 5 ref.

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