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J Med Ethics
; 38(11): 669-71, 2012 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22518048
ABSTRACT
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.