Reducing the harmful effects of alcohol misuse: the ethics of sobriety testing in criminal justice
Alcohol use and abuse play a major role in both crime and negative health outcomes in Scotland. This paper provides a description and ethical and legal analyses of a novel remote alcohol monitoring scheme for offenders which seeks to reduce alcohol-related harm to both the criminal and the public. I...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2012
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 38, Issue: 11, Pages: 669-671 |
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Summary: | Alcohol use and abuse play a major role in both crime and negative health outcomes in Scotland. This paper provides a description and ethical and legal analyses of a novel remote alcohol monitoring scheme for offenders which seeks to reduce alcohol-related harm to both the criminal and the public. It emerges that the prospective benefits of this scheme to health and public order vastly outweigh any potential harms. |
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ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100304 |