Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly: 2015, 33, p. 44-63.
Keywords
drink-driving
driving under the influence
stepped care
probation
offenders
treatment
accidents
injuries
crime reduction

Using Behavioral Triage in Court-Supervised Treatment of DUI Offenders

San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to treatment if they fail a less intensive sentence found significantly reduced recidivism and accidents, and evidence that related injuries also fell. Read on...