DWI Court Outcome Statistics:

In the University of New Mexico ’s evaluation of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court ’s DWI/Drug Court Program, only 36 of the 341 graduates had been rearrested for DWI since the program’s inception, which reflects a recidivism rate of only 10.6%.

The Kootenai County, Idaho Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and the Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety completed an analysis of the Kootenai County DUI Court, an alcohol treatment program for persons arrested for their second DUI offense within 5 years or BAC of 0.20% or higher. The results showed a 70% program completion success rate among the 46 graduates of the program, versus a 40% completion success rate of treatment for non-court-managed referrals. In addition, only 4% of the 46 DUI Court graduates were arrested for a subsequent DUI versus a 14% DUI recidivism rate among a comparison group of 100 persons eligible for the program but not participating.