An Evaluation of Three Driving-Under-the-Influence Courts in Georgia

This paper, from a conference on crash injury control, reports on a study of three Driving-Under-the-Influence (DUI) Courts (established in Chatham, Clarke, and Hall Counties in Georgia, in 2003). These courts were set up to address the underlying alcohol problems of repeat DUI offenders through continuous and frequent judicially-supervised treatment, periodic alcohol and other drug testing, the use of graduated sanctions, and other appropriate rehabilitative services. This system consisted of a team comprised of a judge, court personnel, probation officials, and treatment providers who met regularly to assess offender progress, and offenders met biweekly with the judge to report their progress. This impact evaluation study showed that, after 4 years of exposure, the DUI offenders who had gone through the DUI Court system had 38% lower recidivism rates that a contemporary group of offenders and 65% lower recidivism rates than a retrospective group of offenders (those who would have been eligible for the DUI Court had it been in existence). Offenders who were terminated from the DUI Courts for various reasons had a recidivism rate of 26%. The authors conclude that the DUI Courts prevented between 47 and 112 repeat arrests in these three counties during a four year period due to the reduced recidivism associated with them. They discuss problems with funding these courts and offer suggestions for counties who want to implement or continue these successful programs.

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  Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)

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  Barrington, IL  United States  60011-4176
• Authors:
  • Fell, James C
  • Tippetts, A Scott
  • Ciccel, J DeCarlo
• Conference:
  • 55th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2011-10-3 to 2011-10-5
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 301-312
• Monograph Title: Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine. 55th Annual Scientific Conference, Paris, France, October 3-5, 2011
• Serial:
  • Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine
  • Volume: 55
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 1943-2461

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Courts; Driver rehabilitation; Drug abuse; Drug use; Drunk driving; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Legal factors; Recidivism; Traffic law enforcement
• Geographic Terms: Georgia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01357685
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 2011 1:44PM