Secure Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) |
- Provides 24/7 testing.
- Takes readings every half hour.
- Shows if the offender drank a small, moderate, or substantial amount of alcohol.
- Offers a complete profile of offender activities...
It's no secret: Alcohol abuse and addiction are a serious problem. From workplace safety to drunk driving to violent crime, America now spends over $184.6 billion annually dealing with the effects of alcohol.
 The impact of alcohol abuse and addiction on our society is a factor that is widely researched, and the strong link between criminal behavior - especially violent behavior - and alcohol has been an issue of public policy concern for decades.
In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in the criminal justice system when it comes to addressing alcohol abuse and crime. Treatment-versus incarceration-has emerged as the preferred method for addressing alcohol offenders in the criminal justice system. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, if only 10% of substance-involved inmates (who comprise nearly 80% of the criminal justice system) are successfully treated and trained, the economic benefit in the first year of work-after release would be $8.6 billion. At the conservative end, successfully treating and training just 10,000 addicts would eliminate approximately one-million crimes each and every year.
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