Transdermal Alcohol Testing

•  When Should Judges Use Alcohol Monitoring as a Sentencing Option in DWI Cases? (2009)

Published in Court Review (Vol. 44, 2009), this article summarizes the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recidivism study, Effectiveness of the SCRAM Alcohol Monitoring Device: A Preliminary Test."

•  Effectiveness of the SCRAM Alcohol Monitoring Device: A Preliminary Test (2009)

Commenced by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), this article reports the results of a preliminary study on how SCRAM affects recidivism.

• Continuous Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: A Primer for Criminal Justice Professionals

  Written by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF), this document provides an excellent overview of transdermal technology and SCRAM.

• Continuous Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Executive Summary

  This document is a two-sided summary of the highlights presented in the primer.

• Continuous Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: A Practitioner's Guide

  This document is the second in a three-part series. This report is designed to assist practitioners with incorporating continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring technologies into existing supervision practices.

• Practitioner's Executive Summary

  This document is a four-page summary of the highlights presented in the full practitioner's guide.

• Continuous Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: An Agency Administrator's Guide

  This document is the third in a three-part series. This report is designed to assist agency administrators who are implementing continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring into agency practices to supervise offenders.

• Agency Administrator's Guide Executive Summary

  This document is a four-page summary of the highlights presented in the full agency administrator's guide.

• Validity of Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Fixed and Self-Regulated Dosing (2006)

  This University of Colorado scientific study evaluates the validity of transdermal assessment of alcohol concentration measured by a lightweight, noninvasive device.

• Transdermal Testing Peer Review: A Survey of Studies, Research, Articles and Court Opinions

  AMS has compiled a comprehensive listing of articles, research, lab and field studies, and court documents that pertain to transdermal alcohol testing, as well as studies and articles that pertain to SCRAM. This listing can be used to validate the fact that transdermal testing and SCRAM have been studied and researched extensively.