Hardcore Drunk Driving Prosecutorial Guide
Effective practices to fight hardcore drunk driving
Launched in spring 2009, the Hardcore Drunk Driving Prosecutorial Guide: A Resource Outlining Prosecutorial Challenges, Effective Strategies and Model Programs (PDF) continues The Century Council's multi-disciplinary judicial education efforts. This guide developed in partnership with the National District Attorney Association helps coordinate judicial and prosecutorial DUI adjudication strategies by similarly exposing prosecutors to promising evaluation, monitoring, sentencing and treatment options.
The publication combines proven experiences with research in the field of hardcore drunk driving, highlights effective strategies, tactics and programs that can and have been implemented to reduce this dangerous problem. It provides information on the characteristics of the hardcore drunk driver, prosecutorial initiative and how to use it to implement a multi-disciplinary team approach, effective sanction strategies for the hardcore drunk driver and how to measure success.
Prosecutors have a unique role in the fight against drunk driving and this guide is designed to serve as a resource as they address the complexities of reducing drunk driving in their communities.
Hardcore Drunk Drivers:
- Drive with a high blood alcohol concentration (.15 or above)
- Do so repeatedly, as demonstrated by having more than one drunk driving arrest
- Are highly resistant to changing their behavior despite previous sanctions, treatment, and/or education
- Are 385 times more likely to be involved in a crash than a non-drinking driver
