DRUNKENNESS OFFENCE

• NCJ Number: 10710
• Author(s): T COOK; D GATH
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 204 pages
• Sale Source: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AT INST OF PSYCHIATRY, MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL, LONDON, MAY 15-17, 1968

Annotation

LEGAL, PENAL, SOCIAL, AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLISM.

Abstract

THE PROCEEDINGS CONTAIN SELECTED PAPERS DESCRIBING MALE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS IN COURT AND IN PRISON, AND DISCUSS THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE DRUNKENNESS OFFENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. ADDITIONAL PAPERS EXAMINE CURRENT METHODS OF HANDLING THE PROBLEM, AND EXPLORE PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE IN THE COURTS, TREATMENT CENTERS, AND IN RESEARCH.