Correlates and Predictors of Recidivism among Drinking Drivers
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 13 (1) , 79-88
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826087809039265
Abstract
Follow-up interviews on 47 clients of an alcohol treatment program were conducted in an effort to find predictors of success. Predictors included historical factors occurring at the time of arrest, stressful events since treatment, length of treatment, time since treatment, and demographic data. Recidivism was conceptualized as a multidimensional construct through self-report measures and arrest records. Punitive actions fail to account for recidivism, but involvement in an accident is significantly and positively related to future success in treatment.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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