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Examination of an Intensive Probation for Alcohol Offenders: Five-Year Follow-Up

NCJ Number
124601
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Dated: (April 1990) Pages: 31-42
Author(s)
G S Green; Z H Phillips
Date Published
1990
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This study examines the effectiveness of Dougherty County, Georgia's Criminal Alcoholic Program.
Abstract
CAP is a five-year intensive probation program for alcohol offenders, which includes the ingestion of antabuse. Two samples were used: (1) those included in a two-year follow-up evaluation of CAP published previously in this Journal (N=70); and (2) an independently derived sample of approximately equal size (N=66). For both samples, high rearrest rates were documented during participants' original five-year probationary period -- 66 percent after two years and 80 percent after five years (N=136). The recidivism rate for drunken driving was 40 percent after five years (N=100). In toto, post-program recidivists averaged more than five rearrests apiece. Offenses are scaled according to the National Survey of Crime Severity. 4 tables, 7 references. (Author abstract)