Alcoholology

The Alcoology is a branch of the Forensic Medicine (Forensic Alcoology) that deals with the detection and the legal assessment of alcohol consumption is concerned. This includes alcohol (ethanol) concentration determinations in blood and other body fluids, analysis of accompanying substances, the determination of alcoholism markers and drinking quantity indicators as well as alcohol expert work in court.

Tasks of Alcoology are the recalculation in blood and breathalyzer using various methods in breathalyzer in particular the review of Nachtrunkbehauptungen, assessment of driving ability and fitness to drive , as well as criminal responsibility for crimes under the influence of alcohol.

The purpose of the blood alcohol test is to determine blood alcohol levels for forensic purposes with evidential value. The German Society for Forensic Medicine (DGRM), the German Society for Traffic Medicine ( DGVM) and the Society for Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry (GTFCh) have jointly developed guidelines for determining the blood alcohol concentration (BAK) for forensic purposes (BAK guidelines) . The German Medical Association has drawn up a guideline for quality assurance of medical laboratory examinations (Rili-BÄK).

literature

Reinhard B. Dettmeyer, Marcel A. Verhoff: Forensic alcoholology and toxicology . In: Forensic Medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg 2011, pp. 159–215. ISBN 978-3-642-16650-1 .

Web links

Proof of alcohol from the German Road Safety Council , accessed on July 18, 2020.

Individual evidence

↑ The liver values - Gamma-GT (GGT) - GOT (ASAT) - GTP (ALAT) for the detection of alcohol consumption or alcohol abstinence Das Verkehrslexikon, accessed on July 19, 2020.
↑ Maria Elena Albermann: Studies on the alcohol markers ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate as well as on fatty acid ethyl esters in different matrices. Bonn, Univ.-Diss. 2012.
↑ Forensic Toxicology and Alcoholology University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, accessed on July 18, 2020.
↑ cf. Helmut Satzger : The relevant limit values for blood alcohol concentration in criminal law. Legal training 2013, pp. 345–360.
↑ Blutalkohol 2011, pp. 137–143.
↑ Guideline of the German Medical Association for Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratory Examinations (Rili-BÄK) RiLi-BÄK-2019 (PDF), links for download, accessed on July 18, 2020.

[1] The liver values - Gamma-GT (GGT) - GOT (ASAT) - GTP (ALAT) for the detection of alcohol consumption or alcohol abstinence Das Verkehrslexikon, accessed on July 19, 2020.

[2] Maria Elena Albermann: Studies on the alcohol markers ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate as well as on fatty acid ethyl esters in different matrices. Bonn, Univ.-Diss. 2012.

[3] Forensic Toxicology and Alcoholology University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, accessed on July 18, 2020.

[4] . Helmut Satzger : The relevant limit values for blood alcohol concentration in criminal law. Legal training 2013, pp. 345–360.

[5] Blutalkohol 2011, pp. 137–143.

[6] Guideline of the German Medical Association for Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratory Examinations (Rili-BÄK) RiLi-BÄK-2019 (PDF), links for download, accessed on July 18, 2020.