Under the Tennessee DWI Probation Follow-up Demonstration Project, 4,126 per
sons arrested for drunk driving (DWI) in Memphis were classified as either social or
problem driners and were randomly assigned to one of the following treatments:
control, probation supervision, education/therapy, or supervision plus
education/therapy. Each client was followed up for at least two years after referral to
the project. It was concluded that the treatment programs were not effective in
reducing rearrests for DWI or for other misdemeanors and felonies. Arguments can
be made that the treatment programs were inapproppriate for many of the project's
clients. However, strong arguments can also be made that any such experiments, re
gardless of the treatments tested, are unlikely to produce significant treatment ef
fects because of other aspects of the sanctioning process.
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