DWI Courts and Drug Courts

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DWI And Drug Courts
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) courts are also called Driving Under Influence (DUI) courts. From the wordings of DWI/DUI, these courts deal with instances of persons caught driving while intoxicated or drunk. Driving While Intoxicated /DUI are courts of the first instance where the offender comes into contact with the law (Solop et al. 12). Driving while intoxicated courts prescribe the manner of punishment for those brought before the magistrate. In some cases, the sentence can be a deportation order if the offender is not an American citizen. Many repeat offenders under the DWI/DUI courts are alcoholic (Solop et al. 17). Driving While Intoxicated courts concern themselves with reducing drunk driving and treating alcoholism.
On the other hand, drug courts handle all cases of persons convicted of drug abuse. Drug courts are overseen by the judiciary as they provide a sentencing alternative to offenders who are substance abuse addicts. When compared to DWI courts, drug courts offer post-sentencing options (Freeman-Wilson & Huddleston 7). It could also fit a description of the punishing court. Under drug courts, punishment does not take the traditional form of serving a term in prison but instead assumes a problem-solving approach. As opposed to DWI courts, drug courts concern themselves with helping addicted offender recover rather than achieving instant justice as per the land laws. Drug courts are a relatively new phenomenon under the criminal justice system.

From the nature of the two courts, they both handle drug-related offenses. Driving While Intoxicated and Drug courts are run the normal where the prosecution, the defense, and the judiciary work together in dispensing justice. The ultimate goal of the two courts is making the roads safe for all users. A DWI offender is similar to any other drug offender hence the necessity of having the two courts support each other in rehabilitating offender (Bouffard, Richardson & Franklin 29).

Works Cited
Bouffard, Jeffrey A., Katie A. Richardson, and Travis Franklin. “Drug courts for DWI offenders? The effectiveness of two hybrid drug courts on DWI offenders.” Journal of Criminal Justice 38.1 (2010): 25-33.
Freeman-Wilson, Karen, and C. West Huddleston. “DWI/Drug Courts: Defining a national strategy.” National Drug Court Institute (1999).
Solop, Frederic I., et al. “Coconino county DUI/Drug court evaluation.” AZ: Social Research Laboratory, Northern Arizona University (2003).