The Bottom Line: Research Update on DWI Courts

According to a report by the National DWI Court Center using a drug court as a model, the DWI Court effectively reduced the average DWI recidivism rate by an average of 12% or more. These courts closely monitor individuals who are convicted of DWI and use them to improve medication use treatment.

Participants in the DWI Court are involved in alcohol or drug related car accidents within 19 months.

Court participants are more likely to comply with court, probationary observation and DMV requirements to regain driver's license

The DWI courts need more intensive and expensive service than probation but are cost effective and cost effective. This is mainly due to a substantial decrease in repeat offenses and shortening of the supervision period.

The DWI Court is more cost-effective than traditional courts because the DWI Court uses resources more strategically and effectively 12. However, the DWI Court consumes a lot of resources. Team members regularly meet, regularly hold a courtroom meeting and review participant behavior. The first participant reported more than three treatments per week, as well as random, frequent alcohol and drug tests. The probation officer will do a home visit and a workplace visit to ensure compliance with the court order. This is part of an intensive effort to ensure that participants comply with the court orders and begin to change their behavior. Requiring an individual who does not return to the criminal justice system to adopt this enhanced approach is counterproductive and will waste limited resources.

NCDC is a professional services department of the National Pharmaceutical Affairs Court Expert Association (NADCP) and is the only dedicated advocacy, policy, training and technical support organization in the country. For more information on the DWI Court please visit www.dwicourts.org.

Using the drug court as a model, the DWI court effectively reduced the average DWI recidivism rate by an average of more than 12%, according to reports from the National DWI Court Center. These courts closely monitor individuals who are convicted of DWI and use them to improve medication use treatment.

In New Jersey, DWI crime is not considered a crime, but in law it is called "semi-crime" and it is handled in the city court as a traffic problem. There are 538 city courts in New Jersey. Only the DWI case of only a small number (estimated as 1%) is handled in the High Court, and it can only be prosecuted if another serious crime related to DWI crime (some suspicious crime) is executed It is considered. These cases are sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office and must be decided at the High Court. The flowchart of the New Jersey DWI system (Figure 2-5) is shown on page 25.