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DIVERSION PROGRAMME FOR DRINKING DRIVERS - PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR

NCJ Number
49618
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1977
Length
70 pages
Annotation
PAPERS PRESENTED COVER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR DRINKING DRIVERS, TREATMENT IN SUCH PROGRAMS, A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, PROGRAM, AND PROFILES OF DRINKING DRIVERS.
Abstract
THE SEMINAR WAS SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER 1977. IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A STEADY INCREASE IN ALCOHOL RELATED TRAFFIC FATALITIES, AN INCREASE WHICH LED ONE OFFICIAL TO DESIGNATE SUCH ACCIDENTS AS 'MURDER BY MOTOR CAR.' PAPERS PRESENTED COVER THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR DRINKING DRIVERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, A COMPARISON OF THE HANDLING OF ALCOHOLIC OFFENDERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AND VICTORIA, METHODS OF TREATMENT USED IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES PROGRAM, PROBLEMS OF EVALUATION, PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SYDNEY PROGRAM, OBJECTIVES OF THE SYDNEY PROGRAM, AND A PROFILE OF THE CRIMINAL PERSONALITY AND THE ALCOHOLIC DRIVER. STATISTICS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND CITATIONS FROM AUSTRALIAN LAW ARE INCLUDED. (GLR)