NCJ Number
133413
Journal
Federal Probation Volume: 55 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1991) Pages: 43-47
Date Published
1991
Length
5 pages
Annotation
A study was conducted to examine the behavior of all persons who were convicted of DWI offenses and required to participate in programs operated by the 22nd, 207th, and 274th Judicial District probation services of Texas during 1987.
Abstract
The program consists of an in-house diagnostic, treatment, and referral processes. Classification process is based on the Numerical Drinking Profile test, the Mortimer-Filkins court procedures for identifying problem drinkers, behavior risk assessment, and attitudes toward change assessment. Of the 331 subjects who completed the DWI training, 33 were re-arrested for DWI within the following 2-year period. The 2-year success rate was 88.8 percent (294). The program reduced recidivism by first offenders through the DWI school modules and community based programs and by the continuous public education and DWI prevention efforts. The decline in DWI probation caseloads for the area and the 90-percent success rate for the DWI program speaks well of the overall effort, especially in view of the 35-percent failure rate expected for offenders who do not receive DWI education. However, the current strategy appears insufficient for the high-risk DWI offenders, particularly because of lack of DWI education programs in jails. Also the Mortimer-Filkins procedure and the behavior risk assessment need to be reviewed since neither is predictive of success or failure for this specific program. 12 references