Global Perspective
Blog articles on Sobering Up that cover drunk driving, alcohol addiction, and criminal justice from a global perspective.
Immigration and Border Security Law Includes DUI Penalties for Those Seeking Citizenship
On June 27, 2013, the U.S. Senate passed the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act with...
U.K. Mom Talks About Alcohol Monitoring Trial
Last week BBC Radio aired a special report that featured a mom struggling with alcohol who was sentenced...
Can an ‘Alcohol Barrier’ Stop Drunk Driving?
A Belgium-based safe driving organization has launched a campaign to promote an innovative—yet relatively simple—program for reducing drunk...
BBC Report: UK Pilots SCRAM Program for Family Court
For the past six months, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in London has been running a pilot...
UK Court Reuniting Families With Alcohol Monitoring Technology
In the UK it is estimated that 2.6 million children live with a parent whose drinking puts them...
$147,000 Fine for Drunk Driving? Outrageous, or a Good Idea?
Danish soccer player Niklas Bendtner is paying a heavy price for drunk driving without a valid license this...
Top 12 of 2012: RAND Substantiates Impact of 24/7 Sobriety Programs on Impaired Driving
One of the most noteworthy newsmakers this year in the fight against Impaired Driving came out of South...
Top 12 of 2012: U.K. Looks to U.S. as a Model for Impaired Driving Tactics
It has been estimated by the United Kingdom’s Home Office that “irresponsible” drinking costs taxpayers in the U.K....
Happy Birthday! Montana’s 24/7 Sobriety Program Turns 1
Drinking and driving has been a chronic—and deadly—problem on Montana’s roadways for decades. In 2008, Forbes magazine reported...
Mandatory Minimums: Judicial Discretion and Jail Overcrowding Top Issues for Canada’s New Federal Law
In the spring of 2012, the Omnibus budget legislation passed in the House of Commons, which included mandatory...