DWI INTERVENTION: A NEED FOR STANDARDIZATION ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT APPROACHES

This paper discusses the following health/legal issues related to DUI: (1) The need for a uniform evaluation procedure for pre-trial, pre-sentence, post-sentence or diversion programs; (2) the need for standardized information gathering and dissemination system that has monitoring capabilities statewide; (3) the need for a comprehensive statewide approach to the management of DUI programs by providing counties with a concise and simple "management tool" that will facilitate an integrated statewide information system; and (4) the need for a uniform treatment system that reflects specific intervention strategies that are clinically efficient, cost effective and reflective of diverse sub-populations of DUI offenders. Since Pennsylvania has spent the last eleven years developing a statewide Alcohol Highway Safety Program, and since 95% of the counties and over 30,000 clients have been involved in the Court Reporting Network (CRN), this paper begins with the management and clinical evaluation aspects of Pennsylvania's program.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Proceedings of the DWI Colloquium, Naval Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, San Diego, California, August 15-16, 1983.
  • Corporate Authors:

    AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

    8111 Gatehouse Road
    Falls Church, VA  United States  22047
  • Authors:
    • Scoles, P
  • Publication Date: 1983-8

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 107-121
  • Monograph Title: DWI REEDUCATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS--SUCCESSFUL RESULTS AND THE FUTURE

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00391706
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM