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BLOOD ALCOHOL AND CRIMINAL OFFENSE - WEST GERMANY

NCJ Number
37596
Author(s)
B FORSTER; H JOACHIM
Date Published
1975
Length
236 pages
Annotation
HANDBOOK FOR WEST GERMAN JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, AND POLICE ON THE PREPARATION, PRESENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE REGARDING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL, CIVIL, AND TRAFFIC CASES.
Abstract
THE TEXT DISCUSSES PROCEDURES FOR SECURING EVIDENCE, PROCEDURES FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS, THE CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALCOHOL, PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL AT A SPECIFIC TIME, DRIVER INCAPACITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE, ALCOHOL TREATMENT SUBSTANCES, HIT AND RUN CASES, AND ABSENCE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE LEGAL AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF EACH TOPIC ARE EXAMINED. --IN GERMAN