In 2005 approximately 1.4 million arrests occurred for driving while impaired (DWI), which creates an enormous burden on an already overwhelmed criminal justice system. Probation, the most common form of sentencing in the United States, was the sentence for approximately 1 million offenders for a drug law violation and about 600,000 for driving while intoxicated. The vast majority of convicted impaired driving offenders are supervised inthe community. Agencies that provide supervision for DWI offenders in the community require a continuum of supervision options to achieve the concurrent goals of rehabilitation, accountability, and public safety. The American Probation and Parole Association, under a cooperative agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has developed guidelines for implementing, developing, and operating effective programs for the community supervision of DWI offenders. These guidelines are briefly summarized in this Traffic Tech fact sheet.
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