NCJ Number
104874
Date Published
1986
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This manual details the steps involved in determining a community's correctional needs for drunk driving offenders and explains how to generate community support and obtain funding to meet the needs.
Abstract
Sheriffs, judges, and citizen groups can all be effective in initiating efforts. A local drunk driving task force or a citizens' corrections advisory group can organize efforts, or a local Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) corrections task force should be organized. The task force should gather data, analyze information, and develop policy to form the basis of a comprehensive local DWI corrections program. The program should include at least the following 10 elements: (1) detention following arrest, (2) detoxification, (3) presentence investigation and classification, (4) short-term jail sentences, (5) long-term (10-day to 90-day) work-release sentences, (6) prison sentences, (7) treatment and education, (8) community service, (9) probation supervision, and (10) collections of fines and fees. Funding will come from the following sources: (1) funds raised locally, (2) offender payments, (3) transfer funds from other localities, from States, and the Federal Government, and (4) Federal grants. A carefully planned public information program will also be necessary where new correctional centers are to be established. The final two parts of program development are the preparation for construction of a new facility and evaluation of the administration and impacts of the program. Figures, map, tables, glossary, executive summary of the 5-volume report, and 123 references. For three related reports, see NCJ 104871-104873.