REHABILITATION FOR CONVICTED DRINKING DRIVERS (SECOND OFFENDERS): EFFECTS ON MORTALITY

The mortality experience of convicted drinking drivers (second offenders) (N=347) randomly assigned to rehabilitation and control groups in two Ontario cities was examined. Over a follow-up period ranging between 8 and 13 years, 14 (11.0 percent) of the controls and 17 (7.7 percent) of the rehabilitation group died. Direct comparisons of the randomly assigned control and treatment groups revealed a tendency for lower total mortality and significantly lower mortality from accidental and violent death in those assigned to rehabilitation. Additional comparisons involving a combined rehabilitation group (N=487) (rehabilitation participants randomly and not randomly assigned) confirmed these observations.

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  Alcohol Research Documentation, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Mann, R E
  • ANGLIN, L
  • WILKINS, K
  • VINGILIS, E R
  • MacDonald, S
  • Sheu, W-J
• Publication Date: 1994-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 372-374
• Serial:
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  • ISSN: 0096-882X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver rehabilitation; Drunk drivers; Fatalities; Recidivists; Traffic conviction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions; Mortality rates; Rehabilitation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00666129
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1994 12:00AM