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The Journal of Science and the Law
Counterpoint: Where Science Meets the Law
Counterpoint Volume 10 delivers authoritative forensic science, courtroom-focused analysis, and practical insights on the issues shaping alcohol and drug testing today. Designed for lawyers and forensic professionals, it provides the knowledge needed to challenge assumptions, uncover weaknesses, and advocate more effectively.
NEW Volume 10 Article:
The Client Questionnaire Series
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Part 3 : From Screening to InvestigationA calculator will always produce an answer. Whether that answer means anything depends upon the information entered into it.
The third article in Counterpoint’s client-questionnaire series examines how a focused questionnaire transforms a general drinking history into information capable of meaningful evaluation. It addresses beverage size and alcohol concentration, consumption timing, food history, absorption, testing chronology, corroborating evidence, uncertainty, and the proper limitations of preliminary alcohol calculations.
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The article is accompanied by a downloadable Focused Drinking History and Preliminary Alcohol Calculation Questionnaire. The form helps counsel develop the facts required for an initial assessment, identify missing or conflicting information, preserve supporting evidence, and determine when formal forensic evaluation may be necessary.
A New Counterpoint Website Is Coming:
After an extensive redesign, Counterpoint’s new website is finally nearing completion.
This is not simply a cosmetic update. The new site is being built to make Counterpoint articles, reference materials, educational content, and downloadable practice resources easier to find and use. It will also provide a stronger home for projects such as the client-questionnaire series, its companion assessment forms, and other practical resources developed for attorneys.
We will provide additional information as the launch approaches. For now, we are pleased to offer a first glimpse of the kind of connected article and practice resource the new Counterpoint website is being designed to support.
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Volume 10 is now available:
Volume 10 is included for current Regular members of the DUIDLA as a member benefit.
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Counterpoint Volume 10Counterpoint Volume 10 explores the science, controversies, and emerging issues shaping modern alcohol and drug testing. Through expert analysis and real-world courtroom applications, it equips legal and forensic professionals with the knowledge needed to challenge evidence and strengthen their cases. |
Get an index of all past articles from Volumes 2-8
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