TRANSDERMAL ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (TAC) MONITORING SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF PROBATION: A LEGAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS. THE CASE OF POLAND

Excessive alcohol consumption has a number of negative consequences for both an individual and their immediate environment. Development in its broadest sense involves not only economic or social development, but also the possibility of using new equipment to minimise the negative consequences of various social phenomena, including alcohol dependence. One of the opportunities to leverage the changes associated with both social and technological developments is precisely the implementation of the Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring System (hereinafter referred to as the TMSA) into the practice of probation officers in cases related to the supervision of alcohol-dependent individuals. The main objective of the article is an attempt to make a (basic) analysis of legal acts with simultaneous reference to pedagogical aspects in terms of the possibility of implementing the TMSA system in the guardianship service. The paper uses a descriptive as well as a theoretical and legal method.