Repeat offenders convicted of alcohol-related crimes could be forced to wear ankle tags to monitor whether they are still drinking, under a pilot scheme.
The tags will record levels of alcohol in their sweat every 30 minutes.
The 12-month trial in four London boroughs - Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Sutton - gives courts the ability to ban people from drinking alcohol.
Up to 150 offenders are expected to be made to wear the tags for four months to make sure they comply.
The aim of the pilot scheme is to reduce the costs and harm caused by excess drinking.
Alcohol tagging has been trialled in previous schemes in the UK, but this new programme marks the first time courts will be able to enforce it.
A Home Office study has estimated that about one million violent crimes a year in England and Wales are linked to alcohol.
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Katrina, a mother who took part in an alcohol tag trial: "I think it's a good deterrent"
For the next year, courts in the four boroughs will be able to impose "alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirements" on people who commit crimes while drunk.
Offenders who are subject to the orders will have to wear an anklet known as a transdermal tag. If the alcohol level in their sweat shows they have been drinking, they may face further penalties.
The tags will not be used on people who are alcohol dependent or require specialist medical support.
'Booze culture'Up to 150 offenders are to be fitted with the tags, including motorists repeatedly convicted of drink-driving and people who cause trouble after drinking too much in pubs and clubs.
The scheme is being introduced by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and it is similar to programmes already in force in the US.
Mr Johnson said: "Alcohol-fuelled criminal behaviour is a real scourge on our high streets, deterring law-abiding citizens from enjoying our great city, especially at night, placing massive strain on frontline services, while costing businesses and the taxpayer billions of pounds.
"I pledged to tackle this booze culture by making the case to government for new powers to allow mandatory alcohol testing as an additional enforcement option for the courts."
Professor Keith Humphreys, a former senior policy adviser at the drug policy office in the White House, told the BBC that alcohol ankle-tagging worked.
"The affect on crime has been dramatic. In South Dakota - where this was initially developed - there has been a 12% drop in repeat drink driving arrests and a 9% drop in domestic violence arrests."
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