Deterring Drunk Driving: Who’s Likely to Reoffend?
One or two (risk factors) is not as suggestive of repeat offending as four or five. But it does allow a clinician to apply a rough risk profile to a particular offender.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
The Challenge of the Repeat Offense Drunk Driver
It’s difficult to squeeze a lot of motivational work into the course of outpatient counseling. Clinicians are anxious to get to the behavior change part.
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Tragic and Costly: DUI/DWI
Public perceptions of how we should and shouldn’t treat offenders often result in less than optimal solutions both for the addict/alcoholic and for the victims and the larger society that must pay.
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Resetting Your Triggers
The trick is to find another reward to replace the one that’s no longer available. For instance, if we’re no longer going to have a cigarette with coffee after dinner, what other reward could we substitute in its place?
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Challenge: Motivating a Group of Court-Referred Clients
Some members are talkative enough, but others participate minimally and a couple are openly hostile and challenging.
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