Castration Of Sex Offenders Research Articles

New research issues in the history of German sexology and sexual medicine

New research questions in the history of German sexology and sexual medicine include anew look at the Imperial and the Weimar Republic periods and Magnus Hirschfeld as aprotagonist, as well as the contemporary history of the discipline in the Federal Republic with the two formative institutes in Frankfurt (Volkmar Sigusch) and Hamburg (Eberhard Schorsch). In the post-war period, the tendency to try to solve social problems through endocrinological and surgical approaches continued. This included the (voluntary) castration of sex offenders, which has been regulated by law in the West Germany since 1969. Questions of gender identity do not only arise in the context of gender reassignment surgery. They also have high social relevance and have become increasingly politicized in recent years. These questions are also persistently relevant for urology and clinical sexual medicine.

Castration of Sex Offenders: Indonesian Criminal Law Reform

The rise of cases of sexual violence today makes people become restless. This research is a normative legal research, where in this study the author analyzes various laws and regulations relating to sanctions for chemical castration in the perspective of criminal law. This study also uses various comparisons of theories to answer existing problems relating to criminal law policy in the case of applying chemical castration sanctions. The results show that The increasingly widespread cases of sexual crimes against children that can have a major impact on the child's psychic development. It deserves to be given a severe punishment and appropriate to the perpetrator. The imprisonment sanction that is deemed to be irrelevant and has no deterrent effect can be answered by the punishment of the last choice of child sex offender. Thus, the enforcement of the criminal law of nuisance is reasonable in the technical context of the sentence after a permanent legal court ruling stating the punishment of the left. It aims to create a comfortable environment where children grow and develop and guarantee the future of Indonesian children.

Castration of Sex Offenders in India: Utilitarian Outlook

Incredible India! Where safety of children and women are compromised on a regular basis because of few sexually frustrated males who are not even capable of distinguishing a dead, buried in grave or a 2 year old toddler. With so many amendments and laws in Indian Criminal Justice System, these incidents dash all hopes. According to National Crime Records Bureau 2014 reports, out of 37681 Rape victims (includes, incest rape victims), 7673 victims aged below 16 whereas between 16-18 years old victims are 6862 in numbers. Between 2012 and 2014, the number of crimes against children had increased from 38,172 to 89,423.Jeremy Bentham propounded concept of "utilitarianism", which includes two factors simultaneously, one is deterrence and other is reformation. To increase maximum good, little pain can be inflicted as crime and welfare cannot go hand in hand in any society. The utilitarian theory is "consequentiality" in nature. Hence consequence should never exceed the total evil. There is a strong need to shift from regular punishment to advance version as enforced by various countries like Russia, Poland, Israel, and United States of America. New measures such as Publicly Accessible Registries or Databases of swag, sperms and DNA of Sex-Offenders should be adopted.

FRII-03 CASTRATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

You have accessJournal of UrologyHistory of Urology Forum II1 Apr 2015FRII-03 CASTRATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS IN THE UNITED STATES. Ariel Schulman, Ruben Pinkhasov, Ciril Godec, and David Silver Ariel SchulmanAriel Schulman More articles by this author , Ruben PinkhasovRuben Pinkhasov More articles by this author , Ciril GodecCiril Godec More articles by this author , and David SilverDavid Silver More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.494AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Urologists manipulate the male androgen axis with stimulation for hypogonadism and blockade for prostate cancer. Less common but more controversial is the castration of sex offenders, a practice that is currently legal in many states. We review the history and associated controversies of punitive castration in the United States. METHODS Journals and news publications were examined for relevant historical information. RESULTS Castration can be traced throughout human history and is documented as early as the 1700's as punishment for sexual deviance in the United States. Surgical castration was used until the 1960's when reversible forms of chemical castration were developed. Medroxyprogesterone (MPA,) a synthetic form of progesterone, is the drug of choice for long-acting, chemical castration. Formal legislation exists in nine states, including Louisiana, for castration of those convicted of a range of sexual crimes. There is variation among states regarding type of offense, method of castration and consequences of non-compliance. The goal is to reduce deviant sexual impulses to allow convicted sex offenders to return to the community. But the practice presents important ethical questions including the validity of informed consent given by a prisoner as a condition for release from incarceration and the justifiability of the detrimental consequences of iatrogenic hypogonadism. Further difficulties arise finding appropriately trained medical professionals to administer injections, perform surgery and monitor hormone levels. CONCLUSIONS The practice of punitive castration in the United States is designed to reintegrate sexual offenders into the community while protecting the public from victimization. While seemingly well intentioned, critical issues including incentivized consent, the sequelae of iatrogenic hypogonadism and appropriate medical supervision remain unresolved. As Urologists, we may face the decision to participate in this procedure and should know its history. © 2015 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 193Issue 4SApril 2015Page: e589 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2015 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Ariel Schulman More articles by this author Ruben Pinkhasov More articles by this author Ciril Godec More articles by this author David Silver More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...

Eugenic and sexual folklores and the castration of sex offenders in the Netherlands (1938–1968)

This contribution questions the positive/negative eugenics dichotomy that typifies the historiography on the eugenic movement in the Netherlands and the claim that this movement was mostly marginal because only positive eugenics was pursued. From 1938 to 1968 in the Netherlands, after a decade of debates, 400 sex offenders who had been committed to asylums for the criminally insane were ‘voluntarily’ and ‘therapeutically’ castrated. For political reasons debates on castration, meant to create consensus, eliminated any reference to or connotation with eugenics, yet these policies were unthinkable without them. This article shows that thinking about social and sexual problems and their solutions in the 1930s were permeated by eugenic folklore which in turn was informed by sexual folklore. Both eugenic and sexual lore, as common sense, or as ways of knowing, were about individual and collective loss of self control which was referred to with a catch-all phrase: ‘hypersexuality’. Although sexual classifications used in diagnosing sex offenders suggested the existence of discrete sexual categories, homosexuality for instance was not seen as a sexual alternative or as an identity but as the extent to which an offender suffered from a form of hypersexuality that threatened the fabric of society.

The Case against Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders

Cet article se penche sur les questions juridiques, medicales, psychologiques et sociales que pose le traitement des agresseurs sexuels a l'Acetate de Medroxyprogesterone (MPA) (ou castration chimique) dans certains Etats des Etats-Unis. Une etude pharmacologique est egalement presentee. Selon les AA., la seule medicalisation de cette question n'est pas la reponse appropriee a un probleme qui recquiert une prise en compte des facteurs humains, comportementaux et sociaux

Physical and Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders

ABSTRACT Castration, or removal of the testes, has been documented throughout history, occurring for a variety of social, punishment, and medical reasons. Currently, both “physical” and “chemical” castration are being hotly debated with respect to sex offenders, as the public and legislators are calling for actions to reduce sexual violence. Chemical castration has been proposed as a reversible alternative; its effectiveness, side-effects, risks, and recidivism rates have been studied extensively over the last 25 years. Physical castration, on the other hand, has been used primarily in Europe, has not been rigorously investigated, and remains a highly controversial and irreversible procedure. However, reported recidivism rates are strikingly better than those for chemical castration. Testosterone lowering therapy does offer a way to decrease and control the deviant sexual fantasies and urges of hard-core perpetrators. Ethical and scientific guidelines should be developed to investigate whether physical or chemical castration could be considered beneficial to the offender and to society.

Surgical castration for sex offenders: Mr K's wish granted

EDITOR, - Philip Joseph suggests that Mr K was merely bluffing in requesting that he should be castrated.1 Unless there are two such cases under debate, according to the Observer the man has had his operation at a private clinic in the south of England.2 If the report is reliable and refers to the same person, what will now be interesting is clinical follow …

Surgical castration for sex offenders: A ploy to deflect the blame

Surgical castration for sex offenders: A ploy to deflect the blame

Surgical castration for sex offenders. An unlikely option.

Surgical castration for sex offenders. An unlikely option.

Castration for sex offenders: treatment or punishment? A review and critique of recent European literature.

The recent European literature on surgical castration in treatment of sex offenders is reviewed. Results are reported of the most important empirical studies conducted in this field of sex research in Germany, Switzerland, Norway, and Denmark. Methodological problems of follow-up studies on castrates as well as the subject of castration as treatment for sex offenders as a whole are discussed. The main conclusion is that there is no scientific or ethical basis for castration in the treatment of sex offenders.

Castration of Sex Offenders

Castration of Sex Offenders