Long-term Effectiveness of Probation, Short-term Intervention and LAI Administration for Reducing DUI Recidivism |
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| Authors: | ELISABETH WELLS-PARKER Ph.D. BRADLEY J. ANDERSON Ph.D. JAMES W. LANDRUM M.A. RONALD W. SNOW Ph.D. |
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| Affiliation: | Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5287, Mississippi State;Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Drawer C., Mississippi State, MS 39762, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) arrest records were checked for subjects participating in the Mississippi DUI Probation Follow-up project 6 to 9 years after project entry. The efficacy of short-term intervention, probation, and Life Activities Inventory (LAI) administration for reducing long-term DUI recidivism were evaluated using a logit analysis. A small but statistically significant effect of probation for reducing long-term recidivism was found for offenders classified both as low-risk and high-risk drinkers. However, an interaction effect of combining probation with short-term intervention, which was suggested by an earlier 2-year recidivism analysis, was not statistically significant after the longer tracking period. Administration of the LAI questionnaire was found to reduce recidivism only for offenders classified as low-risk, replicating findings after 2 years of recidivism tracking. |
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