A Controlled Experiment on the Use of Court Probation for Drunk Arrests
KEITH S. DITMAN M.D.1,
GEORGE G. CRAWFORD LL.B.2,
EDWARD W. FORGY PH.D.3,
HERBERT MOSKOWITZ PH.D.3, , and
CRAIG MACANDREW PH.D.4
1 Director, Alcoholism Research Clinic, UCLA Health Science Center, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024
2 Judge of the Municipal Court, San Diego Judicial District, San Diego, Calif
3 Assistant Research Psychologist, staff of the Alcoholism Research Clinic
4 Associate Research Psychologist, staff of the Alcoholism Research Clinic
The authors describe the differential effects of randomly probating chronic drunk offenders to one or another of three treatment conditions: a psychiatrically oriented community alcohol treatment clinic, Alcoholics Anonymous, and no treatment. No statistically significant differences between the three groups were discovered in recidivism rate, in number of subsequent rearrests, or in time elapsed prior to rearrest.
