The mission of the NCDC is to raise awareness about the success of DWI Courts, provide training, technical assistance and research to DWI Courts, and establish new DWI Courts.
The National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC), a professional services division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), is the only dedicated advocacy, policy, training and technical support organization for DWI Courts in the nation.Dedicated to delivering research-driven practices to reduce impaired driving recidivism nationwide, the NCDC is designed to: 

Established in June of 2007, through a partnership with Beam Global Spirits and Wine, the NCDC works toward eliminating the hardcore impaired driver through the expansion of DWI Courts nationwide. The NCDC is now bringing DWI Courts to the forefront of the repeat impaired driving problem. It is through that effort and the expansion of DWI Courts that NCDC’s message of “Making Your Community a Safer Place” is coming true.

The NCDC is supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation;  Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc;  the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc;  and The Century Council. 

 

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Working to Make Your Community Safer

David Wallace
Director, National Center for DWI Courts
Most first-ti me DWI (Driving While Impaired) offenders do not repeat the crime; they learn their lesson from the consequences
of their arrest, prosecution, and conviction. However, one-third of DWI offenders do re-offend, demonstrating an unwillingness
or inability to change their dangerous behavior. We now know that incarceration and traditional punishments are ineffective deterrents for repeat DWI offenders because most are alcohol dependent.

It takes more for them to change. That “more” is DWI Court. DWI Courts are this nation’s most effective strategy for permanently changing the behavior of repeat drunk drivers.  DWI Courts hold these individuals accountable and address the addiction that creates so much devastation.

 

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