Best Practices - Treatment and Rehabilitation for Driving While Impaired Offenders

2004
ISBN: 0-662-37448-7
Cat. No.: H46-2/04-321E

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose
  • 1.2 Study parameters and definitions
  • 1.3 Structure of the report
  • 1.4 Methodology
    • 1.4.1 Literature review
    • 1.4.2 Key informant interviews
    • 1.4.3 Inventory of Canadian DWI programs
• 2. Overview of Impaired Driving in Canada
  • 2.1 Extent of impaired driving
  • 2.2 Prevention of impaired driving
  • 2.3 Regulatory and legal context of impaired driving
• 3. Current Treatment Practice Issues
  • 3.1 Effectiveness of educational or therapeutic interventions for DWI offenders
    • 3.1.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.1.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.1.3 Best practices
  • 3.2 Effectiveness of different types of treatment interventions for different types of impaired drivers
    • 3.2.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.2.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.2.3 Best practices
  • 3.3 Identifying impaired drivers who may benefit from particular levels of substance abuse education or treatment
    • 3.3.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.3.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.3.3 Best practices
  • 3.4 Effectiveness of programs that combine treatment and rehabilitation with licence suspension or other methods for limiting driving opportunities
    • 3.4.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.4.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.4.3 Best practices
  • 3.5 Interventions that target impaired drivers who are apprehended but not processed through the courts
    • 3.5.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.5.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.5.3 Best practices
  • 3.6 Governance and training issues
    • 3.6.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.6.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.6.3 Best practices
  • 3.7 Relationships between DWI programs and licensing authorities
    • 3.7.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.7.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.7.3 Best practices
  • 3.8 Offender payments
    • 3.8.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.8.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.8.3 Best practices
  • 3.9 Program evaluation and research
    • 3.9.1 Indications from the literature
    • 3.9.2 Key informant interviews
    • 3.9.3 Best practices
• 4. Concluding Comments
• 5. Best Practice Statements
• 6. Inventory of Canadian DWI Programs
• References
• Appendix
  • Appendix A: Rating Scale for Recent Studies

List of Figures and Tables

• Figure 1: Number and Rate of Persons Charged with an Impaired Driving Offence
• Figure 2: Percent of Fatally Injured Drivers Tested Positive for Alcohol
• Table 1: Recent Control or Comparison Group Studies of the Effectiveness of Education and Treatment for DWI Offenders
• Table 2: Selected Characteristics of Commonly Used Questionnaires and Inventories for Identifying or Assessing DWI Offenders with Alcohol or Drug Use Problems