Examination of an Intensive Probation for Alcohol Offenders: Five-Year Follow-Up

• NCJ Number: 124601
• Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Dated: (April 1990) Pages: 31-42
• Author(s): G S Green; Z H Phillips
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examines the effectiveness of Dougherty County, Georgia's Criminal Alcoholic Program.

Abstract

CAP is a five-year intensive probation program for alcohol offenders, which includes the ingestion of antabuse. Two samples were used: (1) those included in a two-year follow-up evaluation of CAP published previously in this Journal (N=70); and (2) an independently derived sample of approximately equal size (N=66). For both samples, high rearrest rates were documented during participants' original five-year probationary period -- 66 percent after two years and 80 percent after five years (N=136). The recidivism rate for drunken driving was 40 percent after five years (N=100). In toto, post-program recidivists averaged more than five rearrests apiece. Offenses are scaled according to the National Survey of Crime Severity. 4 tables, 7 references. (Author abstract)