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Chang, I.; Lapham, S. C.; and C'de Baca, J. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, vol. 21, pgs. 127A-127A (1997) The study is a prospective, 5-year follow-up of 1,639 DWI offenders who completed a court-mandated DWI screening program in NM. Its purpose was to determine whether groups of offenders, classified according to their reported involvement with alcohol, would have measurably different driving outcomes, including rearrest for DWI and citations for moving traffic violations. Alcohol involvement was measrued by scores on the six secondary scales of the Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI). Cluster analysis using these scale scores defined five discreet groups of offenders. To determine driving outcomes, client identifiers were matched with statewide computer records for a five-year period following the screening referral. We found significant differences among the five client clusters, both in DWI arrest pattterns and numbers of traffic citations for moving violations. Implications of these findings will be presented.
The study is a prospective, 5-year follow-up of 1,639 DWI offenders who completed a court-mandated DWI screening program in NM. Its purpose was to determine whether groups of offenders, classified according to their reported involvement with alcohol, would have measurably different driving outcomes, including rearrest for DWI and citations for moving traffic violations. Alcohol involvement was measrued by scores on the six secondary scales of the Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI). Cluster analysis using these scale scores defined five discreet groups of offenders. To determine driving outcomes, client identifiers were matched with statewide computer records for a five-year period following the screening referral. We found significant differences among the five client clusters, both in DWI arrest pattterns and numbers of traffic citations for moving violations. Implications of these findings will be presented.
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