{"id":57744,"date":"2026-10-29T12:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/beyond-the-arrest-johannesburg-looks-at-the-role-of-rehabilitation-in-preventing-repeat-drunk-driving\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:45:07","slug":"beyond-the-arrest-johannesburg-looks-at-the-role-of-rehabilitation-in-preventing-repeat-drunk-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/beyond-the-arrest-johannesburg-looks-at-the-role-of-rehabilitation-in-preventing-repeat-drunk-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the arrest, Johannesburg looks at the role of rehabilitation in preventing repeat drunk driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NICRO&rsquo;s Shifting Gears Diversion Programme highlights the role of behaviour change in addressing repeat offences, while  JMPD figures show the scale and timing of drunk driving in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing drunk driving requires more than arrests and enforcement. Rehabilitation can help individuals confront the behaviours and attitudes that contribute to unsafe driving, take responsibility for their actions and make safer choices in the future.<\/p>\n<p>On 27 October 2026 at NICRO&rsquo;s Mofolo South facility in Soweto, AWARE.org highlighted the role of rehabilitation through its Shifting Gears Diversion Programme, delivered in partnership with the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Rehabilitation of Offenders (NICRO) and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD). The programme uses structured interventions to promote responsible driving and reduce the risk of reoffending<br \/>\nThe visit included an overview of the programme&rsquo;s objectives, target group and intended&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=79006&#038;page=beyond-the-arrest-johannesburg-looks-at-the-role-of-rehabilitation-in-preventing-repeat-drunk-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NICRO&rsquo;s Shifting Gears Diversion Programme highlights the role of behaviour change in addressing repeat offences, while JMPD figures show the scale and timing of drunk driving in Johannesburg. Addressing drunk driving requires more than arrests and enforcement. Rehabilitation can help individuals confront the behaviours and attitudes that contribute to unsafe driving, take responsibility for their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/aware%20nicro.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/aware%20nicro.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}