Preventing Alcohol Related Convictions

预防与酒精相关的定罪

• 批准号: 6855471
• 负责人: CHARLES H LEVINGS
• 金额: $ 47.61万
• 依托单位: LEVINGS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2006-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6855471
• 关键词: alcoholism /alcohol abuse; alcoholism /alcohol abuse education; avoidance behavior; behavior modification; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; cognitive behavior therapy; curriculum; data collection methodology /evaluation; driving while intoxicated; education evaluation /planning; field study; health care service planning; injury prevention; legal /correctional; longitudinal human study; population survey; transportation /recreation safety

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Drivers convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) are over four times more likely than the average driver to be in a fatal crash with a BAC higher than .I0. Currently, the U.S. courts require approximately two-thirds of first-time DUI offenders (those judged not to be "problem drinkers") to attend a short education program. Based on the traditional AAA Phoenix model, such programs often focus the last of four sessions on assisting participants to create a plan to avoid future drunk-driving arrests. Those plans generally focus on control of drinking. Recent research, however, suggests that offenders find it difficult to exercise control over alcohol when it is readily available and there is peer pressure to drink. An alternative approach, proposed in this study, is for the offender to avoid driving to a drinking location. Phase I of this fast-track initiative will pilot test a Level I DUI curriculum, Prevent Alcohol Related Convictions (PARC), designed to motivate offenders to plan for transportation to drinking locations and avoid driving their own vehicles. Phase II will involve a statewide, random assignment, clinical trial involving approximately 42,000 first offenders over 2 years. Information from these participants will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the innovative curricula on DUI recidivism.

描述（由调查人员提供）：被判酒后驾车（DUI）的司机比普通司机发生致命车祸的可能性高出四倍以上，BAC高于.I0。目前，美国法院要求大约三分之二的首次酒后驾车的罪犯（那些被认为不是“问题饮酒者”的人）参加一个短期教育计划。基于传统的AAA凤凰模式，这样的计划往往集中在四个会议的最后一个帮助参与者制定一个计划，以避免未来酒后驾车逮捕。这些计划通常侧重于控制饮酒。然而，最近的研究表明，犯罪者发现很难控制酒精，因为酒精很容易获得，而且有同伴的压力要喝酒。另一种方法，在这项研究中提出，是罪犯，以避免驾驶到一个饮酒场所。这一快速通道举措的第一阶段将试点测试一级酒后驾车课程，即防止与酒精有关的定罪，旨在激励罪犯计划前往饮酒地点的交通工具，并避免驾驶自己的车辆。第二阶段将涉及全州范围内的随机分配，临床试验涉及约42,000名初犯超过2年。来自这些参与者的信息将用于评估关于酒后驾车累犯的创新课程的有效性。