E Drink Impaired Drivers (DIDs)

Programme aims:

• To reduce the risk of future drink-related driving offences

Who is suitable?

Offenders, both men and women who:

• have up to four previous convictions for excess alcohol
• are aged 17 and over
• have been assessed as suitable for the programme in a court ordered report prior to sentence or by the offender manager prior to release on licence

Who is not suitable?

• First-time offenders, unless there are aggravated circumstances
• Those with five or more previous convictions for excess alcohol
• Heavy drinkers unless sequenced with alcohol treatment
• Problem drinkers until they are stabilised

The programme involves:

• Four individual structured sessions on risk assessment and group preparation
• 14 weekly groupwork sessions of two-and-a-half hours focused on structured learning to develop pro-social skills, effective decision making and detailed knowledge about the effects of drinking and driving
• Six post-programme individual, structured evaluation and relapse prevention sessions