the promise of dwi courts kent lawrence, judge state court of clarke county
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The Promise of DWI Courts
Kent Lawrence, Judge State Court of Clarke County
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DWI CourtsA Serious Solution
To a Serious Threat
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Impacts of Impaired Driving
• Over 1.4 million people arrested for DWI, one-third of them at least one prior DWI conviction
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Impacts of Impaired Driving
• Two million people with 3 or more DWI convictions , and 400,000 with 5 or more, are driving on our nation’s roads and highways
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Impacts of Impaired Driving
• Nearly 12,000 people in 2008 were killed in U.S. highway crashes involving drivers with illegal BACs of .08 or higher; more than half having a BAC of .15 or higher
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What is a DWI Court?
• DWI Court operates in a post-conviction model using intensive supervision and treatment to permanently change the behavior of the hardcore offenders
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How is a DWI Court Different?
• DWI uses a team approach involving all the criminal justice stakeholders (judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, law enforcement, probation, and treatment) in a cooperative approach to ensure accountability
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The Good News
34%
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Life Saving Traffic Safety
Strategies
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National Campaigns
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The Not-So Good News
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12,555
13,324 13,290 13,47213,096 13,099
13,582 13,49113,041
11,773
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
99 00 01 02 03 04 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: FARS/NHTSASource: FARS/NHTSA
Alcohol-Related Fatalities1999 – 2008
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Honest, Officer all I had was a couple of beers!
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How Do We Protect Our
Communities?
Punishment or
Rehabilitation
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Traditional sentences for the “High Risk Repeat DWI
Offender” seldom work!
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Why Can’t
People Just
Change?
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Treatment can
work . . . BUT
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Research Findings
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Research Findings
The length of time a patient
spent in treatment was
a reliable predictor of
his or her post treatment
performance.
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Research Findings
Coerced patients tend to stay longer
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Research Findings
Legal coercion becomes
more crucial in large CJS programs
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Program Completion
is KEY
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What Ingredient Can We Add to Convince DWI Offenders to
Participate?
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The Answer is the COURTS
AccountabilityTreatment
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Courts as a Problem-
Solver
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What is a DWI Court?
Intensive
Quick Accountability
Hardcore
Post-Conviction
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DWI Courts
are
Accountabilit
y Courts
Public Safety
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A well designed
supervision program can help ensure no one re-offends.
But it is no guarantee
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What makes a DWI Court Different
from Traditional Court?
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Teamwork
Law Enforcement
Prosecutors
Important components
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Judge
ResearcherResearcher
CourtCoordinator
CourtCoordinator
TreatmentProvider
TreatmentProvider
AdvocatesAdvocates
ProbationProbation
MentalHealthMentalHealth
DefenseCounselDefenseCounsel
Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement
ProsecutorProsecutor
A Coordinated EffortA Coordinated Effort
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Intensive Probation Supervision
• Frequent reporting to probation officer (daily, weekly, b-weekly, etc)
• House checks• Curfew monitoring• Electronic monitoring (Home confinement ,
Global Positioning System-GPS, SCRAM)• Frequent, random and observed drug testing• Bar sweeps• Petitions and/or warrants issued for failure to
comply with program requirements
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Incentives!
• Reduced jail time• Court fines reduced by 50% upon
graduation– 2nd conviction– 3rd conviction
• Earn 240 community service hours credit without doing physical labor by meeting program guidelines
• Ancillary services
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Graduated Sanctions
• Verbal reprimand• Additional community service• Adjustments to treatment plan
– Additional 12-step meetings– Additional counseling sessions– Inpatient and outpatient services– Residential recovery placement
• Increased drug screening
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Graduated Sanctions
• Phase regression• Additional “structure”
– Curfews– Home confinement– Increased check-ins with probation or
treatment staff– Electronic monitoring
• Jail confinement (wide range of hours to weeks)
• Removal from program
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Treatment Phases
• Phase 1: confinement, orientation, document execution, NEEDS assessment, clinical evaluation, family history review
• Phase 2: Extended Assessment & Evaluation (minimum of 8 weeks)
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Treatment Phases
• Phase 3: Treatment and Early Recovery (minimum of 24 weeks
• Phase 4: Relapse Prevention (minimum of 16 weeks)
• Phase 5: Maintenance & Continuance of Care (minimum of 60 days)
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Treatment Services
• Preliminary NEEDS assessment to determine dependence and/or addiction level
• Genogram• Clinical evaluation of offender by
certified addiction counselor
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Treatment Services
• Individual counseling sessions• Group counseling sessions• Sharing of life story• Inpatient and outpatient
placement• Residential recovery placement• Drug testing of program
participants• Attend 12-step meetings
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Ancillary Services
• Transportation Assistance– Bicycle and helmet loan program– Unlimited bus tokens/passes
• Attend treatment• Visits to probation office• Call-ins for drug testing• School and work programs• Attend 12-step meetings• Attend court status conferences
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Ancillary Services
• Educational Assistance– GED completion– Enrollment of college– Placement in vocational or technical
school• Employment Assistance
– Community sponsors who employ program participants
– Coordination with local DOL office
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Ancillary Services
• License Reinstatement Assistance– Assist program participants with
Department of Driver Services for license reinstatement
– DDS waives the minimum 17 week multiple offender program cost of $595 upon program graduation
• Other Health Services– Referrals for medical and health services
and family counseling– Assistance with food, dietary issues and
eating disorders
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What is the Cost to Participate?
• Monthly program fee of $240 which includes the following:– NEEDS assessment– Clinical evaluation by certified addiction clinician– Case management– Individual counseling– Group counseling– Multiple Offender Program license reinstatement cost– Drug and alcohol screening– Probation supervision fee
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What is the Cost to Participate?
• Indigent (reduced or “no pay”) slots are available for those who qualify
• All participants are required to work if physically able or be enrolled in school fulltime
• Insurance is accepted for those who have coverage
• Upon entry to Phase 5, program costs are reduced to $50 per month until graduation
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Total Program Cost = $2,880
2nd DWI Conviction
$2,880 (12 months)– $648 (50% fine
reduction)– $595 (Multiple
Offender Program)
$1,637 (net cost to participant)
A Small Price for…
3rd+ DWI Conviction
$2,880 (12 months)– $788 (50% fine
reduction)– $595 (Multiple
Offender Program)
$1,497 (net cost to participant)
Recovery
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The Costs of Not Participating
• No reduction of jail time• No reduction of fines• No waiver of 240 hours of community
service• No transportation assistance• No employment assistance• No residential recovery placement• No inpatient or outpatient assistance• No medical or health assistance• No license reinstatement assistance
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The Costs of Not Participating
• Probation fees• Clinical Evaluation
(min.)• NEEDS Assessment• Multiple Offender Prog.• Drug testing• DUI School• Court Fines• No recovery
No Change in Behavior = Increased Risk of Re-arrest
• $480/year ($40/month)
• $95• $15• $595• $60 (4@$15 each)• $285+• $1,296• Unknown
$2,826 or more
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DWI Courts
Why Do You Believe DWI Court is the
Answer?
Why Do You Believe DWI Court is the
Answer?
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DWI COURTS
December 31, 2007
110 Stand-Alone
DWI Courts
286 Hybrid DWI
Courts
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DWI COURTS
September 1, 2010
144 Stand-Alone
DWI Courts
382 Hybrid DWI
Courts
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Bernalillo County, New Mexico Recidivism: 15.5% vs. 28.5% (2 yrs)
Lansing, MichiganRecidivism: 13% vs. 33% (5 yrs)
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Kootenai County, Idaho DUI Court
Recidivism: 4% vs. 25% (2 yrs)
70% Retention Rate
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Michigan Study
Cost savings
Fewer re-arrests
Reducedrecidivism
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Why DWI Courts?
• In a 2008 study DWI Court offenders were found to be up to 19 times less likely to be re-arrested than a DWI offender in a traditional court.
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Who Will Support Our DWI Courts?
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Approved GHSA
Resolution
“GHSA supports DWI courts and urges states to work with their state criminal
justice agency counterparts to implement them where appropriate. GHSA also recommends that NHTSA
evaluate DWI courts to determine their effectiveness”
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Approved MADD
Resolution“MADD supports the use of post-adjudication DUI/DWI courts that employ the strategies of close supervision, frequent alcohol and other drug testing, and ongoing judicial interaction to integrate alcohol and other drug treatment
services with the justice system. MADD recommends that DUI/DWI courts should not
be used to avoid a record of conviction and/or license sanctions.”
MADD National Board of Directors
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Approved IACP Resolution
RESOLVED, that Highway Safety Committee of the IACP supports the
DWI/DUI courts concept as promoted by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
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National Sheriff’s Association
RESOLVED, that the National Sheriffs’ Association support DWI Courts as
promoted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and be it;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the National Sheriffs’ Association urges states to
implement DWI Courts where appropriate.
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National Alcohol Beverage Control
Association
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that NABCA does
hereby support the continued
development and study of DWI
Courts to eliminate repeat
DWI/DUI Offenses.
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“We cannot solve the problems we have
created with the same thinking that created
them”
Albert Einstein
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The Promise of a
Coordinated Approach
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So why be involved?
Cost savings
Staffing issues
Jail
Trials
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DWI Courts
Work
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Contact Information
Kent Lawrence, JudgeState Court of Athens-Clarke CountyRoom 425, Clarke County
CourthouseAthens, Georgia 30601
(706) 613-3200