ALCOHOL EDUCATION AND TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED JUVENILE OFFENDERS

Description is given of a preventive, educational program on alcohol and traffic safety conducted in the largest juvenile correctional institution in Ohio. Institutionalized delinquents were identified as an extremely high risk group, likely to drink and drive. They were exposed to a 20 hour training program. The course was designed and conducted in a manner similar to the numerous dwi programs operated by municipal courts for individuals convicted of drunken driving. Youth involved had not been convicted of DWI, but had exhibited difficulties with drugs and alcohol. This project was able to document that institutionalized juvenile offenders were experiencing documentable problems with alcohol. In addition, significant results were obtained in regard to the success of the educational aspects of the program. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Alcohol and Drug Problems Assn of North America

  c/o MICAP, P.O. Box 10212
  Lansing, MI  United States  48901
• Authors:
  • Rohrer, G E
  • Elliott, J R
  • Geer, N L
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 40-43
• Serial:
  • Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Alcohol and Drug Problems Assn of North America
  • ISSN: 0090-1482

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Drivers; Drugs; Economic efficiency; Education; Intoxication; Measures of effectiveness; Offenders; Prevention; Safety; Safety programs; Teenage drivers; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Efficiency
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs; Delinquency
• ITRD Terms: 1748: Adolescent; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 2284: Education; 5911: Efficiency; 1508: Offender; 9149: Prevention; 1665: Safety; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450042
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:55PM