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Which states currently authorize chemical castration for sex offenders . . . States that have castration provisions typically authorize “chemical castration” — pharmacological suppression of testosterone or libido — as a condition of parole, sentence reduction or release for certain sex offenders, most often those convicted of child sex offenses or repeat offenses; California’s 1996 law conditions treatment on
Chemical and Surgical Castration for Sex Offenders - FindLaw Learn about castration options for sex offenders, what states make it mandatory in certain cases, and more in FindLaw's article about chemical and surgical castration for sex offenders
Chemical castration - Wikipedia Law professor John Stinneford has argued that chemical castration is a cruel and unusual punishment because it exerts control over the mind of sex offenders to render them incapable of sexual desire and subjects them to the physical changes caused by the hormones used
Castrating Sex Offenders Won’t Prevent Future Crimes, Experts Say. Here . . . But while supporters of these bills echo that cause, many experts say the approach is needlessly cruel and lacks a sound scientific basis Castration — both reversible chemical and permanent surgical castration — does lead to the reduction of testosterone and a diminished libido
Castration of Sex Offenders: Prisoners’ Rights Versus Public Safety Charles L Scott, MD, and Trent Holmberg, MD hildren and adults is a significant treatment and public policy problem in the United States To address increasing concerns regarding sex offender recidivism, nine states hav passed legislation since 1996 authorizing the use of either chemical or physical castration In most statutes, a repeat offender
Louisianas new surgical castration law, explained : NPR Several U S states, including Louisiana, as well as other countries have laws allowing for the use of chemical castration — a procedure that uses pharmaceutical drugs to quell the offenders'
Is Castration of Sex Offenders Ever Ethically Justified? Chemical castration has been linked to reduced recidivism for sex offenders It suppresses testosterone levels, which have been found to correlate with the risk of both committing violent crimes and recidivism
A New Look at Sex Offender Rehabilitation: Embracing Elective Chemical . . . It has been accepted for inclusion in Advanced Issues in Criminal Law: Sex Offenses by an authorized editor of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository For more information, please contact thinkir@louisville edu