Chemical castration should be given to child molesters to help control them from having urges to violate children and make them less likely to reoffend again. Can chemical castration really help to decline the way that children are violated? And could it help to relieve some of the molesters’ desires towards children. This paper will explain the research done in areas where chemical castration has been used and how effective it is in helping control urges to molest children. There are some that
Should Chemical Castration be performed on Sex Offenders? Okay suppose your five-year-old daughter was brutally attacked and raped by a known sex offender, would you rather the offender to be sentenced to a few years in prison, only to get out and destroy another innocent victim’s life or have them chemically castrated? Chemical castration is the process of injecting male sex offenders’ female hormones to eliminate their sex drive. Honestly until someone is in the position;
The issue of castration has many layers in terms of its use punitively. The biggest area of debate is the rate of success and if sex offender’s problem is physical or psychological. In addition, is the use of castration constitutional? Some people argue that compulsory castration is a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Eighth Amendment. However, does the unconstitutional nature change when castration is voluntary and the decision is made by the offender? Moreover, does labeling castration
Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted(Oakes 99). The latter statistic, in its context, does not convey the severity of the situation. Each year 510,000 children have their childhood's destroyed, possibly on more than one occasion, and are faced with dealing with the assault for
doubt that the word pedophile can leave chills down one’s back. The idea of a child molester being in your neighborhood, or even worse, become one’s neighbor, is a disturbing thought. Disturbing still, is the fact that some of these registered sex offenders are released back into society once they served their sentence, and in some cases, serve shorter sentences than that of a criminal convicted of first-degree murder or drug crimes. To reassure citizens and their children that these shortened sentences
crime. Who are child sex offenders? Do they look like monsters? The fact is a child sex offender can be anyone. A child molester is often a person the victim's parents or the victims think they can trust. The devastation these people cause their victims is tragic. Their victims are certain to suffer a lifetime of emotional trauma. Child sex offenders should not get a second chance. They should get life in prison for their first offense. More than one-half of offenders (about sixty percent)
a lot of attention and investigation. In the mid-1990s, a number of violent crimes were being committed by recently released sex offenders. The media attention motivated many states to pass laws that specify that communities must be notified about paroled sex offender living in their communities. This caused a fear of the people in the community that released sex offenders may commit assaults in their community as well. Alice Walker's The Color Purple is an excellent account of the life of a woman
population I do want to work with. After long thought, I decided I do not want to work with sex offenders, I’d rather work with children and perhaps that is where I get my bias against sex offenders or perhaps it stems from other reasons. Through my research, I am hoping to discover new information about sex offenders that may change my opinion and help me to see them in a new light. When I think of a sex offender what automatically comes to my mind is a creepy middle aged white man who lives in close
injectable form. Alternative Uses In the past few years, researchers have been studying the effects of Depo-Provera as a method of chemical castration for sex offenders. A link was noticed between high testosterone levels and violent, aggressive behavior in men. For this effort, male sex offenders are recently being given the option in some states for chemical castration. This is accomplished by the man being injected with Depo-Provera, just as it is administered to women. When the shot is administered
Draft For many people the term sex offender brings up extreme emotions. However, it is the nature of the crime that needs to be considered before the label. The laws and punishments that are enforced during and after prison varies by where the offender lives and the severity of the crime. But, there is much more that needs to be considered. First , the things that are considered sexual assault, if the child is forced to have sex without consent, if the person is having sex with a minor, or sexually