Illicit drug driving offenders and individuals whose fitness to drive is in question due to an alcohol or illicit drug history, are further target groups.
Mr Salter added: "It is important to get the balance between keeping communities safe from sex offenders and introducing policies which, although they seem tough, only have the effect of driving offenders underground and putting children at greater risk".
Meanwhile, DR programmes for drink driving offenders have been implemented in many European Member States and the use of DR programmes for drug driving offenders is also increasing.
Drink driving offenders with a problematic drinking and driving pattern represent the main target group.
At the time of the study, MHRC was one of seven specialty courts, which included four drug courts (women, men, juvenile and family), a Sobriety Court (for drunk driving offenders) and a Domestic Violence Court.
This paper reports on a study of a court policy that created a strong incentive for impaired driving offenders to install interlocks by making traditional penalties, such as jail or electronically monitored house arrest, the alternative to participation in an interlock program.
Multi-component programs with community mobilization [ 37] installation of ignition interlocks in drunk driving offenders' vehicles [ 38] and mass media campaigns combined with high visibility enforcement [ 39] are strategies that are shown to be effective and therefore seem particularly relevant in this respect.
The newspaper, which is owned by the press magnate Rupert Murdoch, has been condemned by police officials and human rights groups arguing that its campaign has actually further endangered children by driving sex offenders underground.
How can we get more drunk-driving offenders to use interlocks?
Mandating the ignition-interlock devices for all drunken-driving offenders is smart safety policy.
Congress should also take action by conditioning federal highway money on requiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunken-driving offenders.
