NCJ Number
132005
Journal
Alcohol, Drugs and Driving Volume: 6 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (July-December 1990) Pages: 119-132
Date Published
1990
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This description of driving while intoxicated (DWI) programs and their evaluation in the Federal Republic of Germany for first offenders, recidivists, and young drivers under the influence of alcohol includes the results of a 5-year follow-up of three programs for recidivists and focuses primarily on evaluation methods and differential aspects of treatment effectiveness.
Abstract
All three treatment groups evaluated -- a program based on behavioristic grounds, one based on Alfred Adler's individual psychology, and the LEER-model based primarily on a group dynamic approach -- were effective measures with respect to reducing drinking and driving in a high-risk offender group. Sixty months after treatment, participants had significantly lower reconviction rates than nonparticipants who had been judged "fit to drive" after medical and psychological assessment. Important prerequisites for realizing treatment program effectiveness are outlined. 7 figures, 5 tables, and 17 references (Author abstract modified)