title: Treating drunk drivers with Moral Reconation Therapy: a two-year recidivism study.
abstract: 115 DWI-convicted male inmates were treated with Moral Reconation Therapy during incarceration. Nearly two years after their release, subjects' postrelease arrest records were collected. Treatment group data were compared to a control group of 65 inmates who applied but did not enter treatment as bed space was limited. Analysis showed that 10.4% of the treatment group obtained additional DWI arrests after release compared to 15.6% of the control group. 14.3% of treated subjects received additional sentences compared to 21.5% of nontreated controls. Results were also analyzed for a group of 24 treated subjects who continued to participate in treatment after release. This aftercare group showed a postrelease DWI rate of only 4.2% and reincarceration rate of 8.3%.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Burnette
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D013808:Therapeutic Community