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