RT Article
T1 Evaluation of Safe Streets Treatment Option to Reduce Recidivism Among Repeat Drunk Driving Offenders
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 30
IS 9
SP 1368
OP 1384
A1 Freiburger, Tina L.
A2 Sheeran, Alyssa M.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1727147057
AB Drinking and driving poses a significant issue in the United States. Repeat offenders are especially problematic as they are responsible for a high proportion of all drunk driving offenses and are more likely to continue in their drinking and driving behaviors. This study examines the effectiveness of the Safe Streets Treatment Options Program (SSTOP) in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, to reduce recidivism among repeat offenders. The results indicate that participants of SSTOP had significantly fewer convictions, fewer subsequent sentences to incarceration, were sentenced to fewer days incarcerated in jail for subsequent offenses, and were less likely to receive another Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) conviction than those in the comparison group. Policy implications and directions for future research also are discussed.
K1 Drunk driving
K1 Recidivism
K1 Propensity score matching
K1 Repeat offenders
DO 10.1177/0887403418789473