Q: What is the DID's programme?
The Drink Impaired Driver's programme is a supervision programme run by the National Probation Service for those convicted of excess alcohol offences. Evidence proves that the programmes helps reduce the incidence of excess alcohol offences.
Q: How did you get on the programme?
- As a condition of your Community Order, imposed by the Court's.
- As a condition of your prison licence
- Your Probation Officer has decided that this is a programme that is right for you, and you are willing to attend and take part in the programme.
Q: What will you have to do?
- You must attend all fourteen (14) group sessions, which works out at two hours per week. There may also be some one to one work with a programmes tutor and your Probation officer.
- You will be required to sign a contract which outlines the rules and requirements of that programme.
- If you are unable to attend a programme session you must contact your Probation Officer or a programmes tutor immediately. failing to attend a programme may mean that you will be returned to Court.
Q: What are the programmes primary aims?
- To reduce the incidence of excess alcohol offences
- To increase public protection
- To challenge individuals to accept responsibility for their offence and its consequences
Q: What are the targets of this particular programme?
- Developing an understanding as to how the use of alcohol affects your body, which consequently makes you a less able driver.
- How your drinking and driving can affect other people
- Develop an understanding as to why you acted in the way you did
- How your feelings can effect the way in which you think and act
- The alternative choices available to you other than drink driving
Q: Who is suitable?
Both male and females are suitable, who:
- Have previous convictions for driving with excess alcohol
- Are aged seventeen and over
- Have been assessed as suitable for the programme in a pre-Sentence Report
- Offenders who present a medium to high risk to the public
Q: Who is not suitable?
- Usually first time offenders, unless there are aggravating circumstances
- Heavy alcohol users, unless this intervention is sequenced with other forms of alcohol treatment
- Problem drinkers, until they are stabilised.
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