Based on discussions at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on DWI System Improvements, this report identifies 10 key recommendations from experienced justice practitioners regarding what offender-based strategies are needed to reduce impaired driving and its impact on the justice system in the coming years. The purpose of this report is to inform discussions surrounding the pending re-authorization of the Federal highway bill in the U.S. and inject a practitioner perspective into the debate. The recommendations are categorized according to three main strategies: research recommendations to answer critical questions and direct the development of evidence-based practices; program and intervention recommendations to enhance, improve or expand existing, proven programs; and, system effectiveness recommendations geared towards the development of new initiatives to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the DWI system. The Working Group – a TIRF initiative – is a coalition of criminal justice professionals representing 14 criminal justice organizations that has been improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the DWI system since 2004. (Author/publisher)
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