TREATMENT OF THE DRINKING DRIVER

Examined the effect on the 2-yr driving record of drinking drivers referred by the courts to 6 programs for individual treatment. 2723 drivers treated were classified as light or heavy drinkers and compared with a no-treatment group similarly classified (n = 2127). Outcome criteria were (1) alcohol-related violations, (2) total moving violations, (3) alcohol-related accidents, and (4) total number of accidents. For light drinkers, 5 of the 6 countermeasures were significantly successful on at least 2 of the outcome measures, whereas 1 of them produced a significant decrease on all 4 criteria. Heavy drinkers apparently did not respond to treatment or had significantly worse records than those not treated. It is concluded that a variety of programs successfully treat the light drinker, but many existing programs result in worse records for the heavy drinker. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • McGuire, F L
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 137-152
• Serial:
  • Health Psychology
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • ISSN: 0278-6133
  • Serial URL: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/hea/32/4/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crimes; Driver improvement programs; Driver rehabilitation; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Economic efficiency; Intoxication; Measures of effectiveness; Recidivism; Recidivists; Retraining; Therapy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Efficiency; Rehabilitation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 5911: Efficiency; 1516: Offence; 1519: Recidivist; 1591: Retraining of drivers; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392710
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM