DIVERSION PROGRAMME FOR DRINKING DRIVERS - PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR

• NCJ Number: 49618
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 70 pages
• Corporate Author: Sydney University
• Sale Source: New South Wales
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: SEMINAR HELD AT THE STATE OFFICE BLOCK, SYDNEY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1977

Annotation

PAPERS PRESENTED COVER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR DRINKING DRIVERS, TREATMENT IN SUCH PROGRAMS, A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, PROGRAM, AND PROFILES OF DRINKING DRIVERS.

Abstract

THE SEMINAR WAS SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER 1977. IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A STEADY INCREASE IN ALCOHOL RELATED TRAFFIC FATALITIES, AN INCREASE WHICH LED ONE OFFICIAL TO DESIGNATE SUCH ACCIDENTS AS 'MURDER BY MOTOR CAR.' PAPERS PRESENTED COVER THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR DRINKING DRIVERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, A COMPARISON OF THE HANDLING OF ALCOHOLIC OFFENDERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AND VICTORIA, METHODS OF TREATMENT USED IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES PROGRAM, PROBLEMS OF EVALUATION, PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SYDNEY PROGRAM, OBJECTIVES OF THE SYDNEY PROGRAM, AND A PROFILE OF THE CRIMINAL PERSONALITY AND THE ALCOHOLIC DRIVER. STATISTICS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND CITATIONS FROM AUSTRALIAN LAW ARE INCLUDED. (GLR)