Issue of Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders

I. Chemical castration, a brief explanation

B. Effects of chemical castration, both chemical and surgical.

C. Two problems associated with chemical castration

D. Is castration an adequate treatment?

A. Mr. K, a British pedophile, who wanted surgical, but refused chemical castration.

B. An earlier British pedophile fought for the right of chemical castration.

C. Steve Allen Butler, a Texas black who wanted surgical castration, sparked a controversy that had racial, social, and feminist overtones.

III. The case for chemical castration

A. It should be considered the same as other psychotropic drugs.

B. Why it does not work for all sex offenses.

C. In the cases where it does work, it should be used over surgical castration--more socially accepted.

 Does the state have the right to impose chemical castration as an acceptable punishment for sex offenders--as an alternative to imprisonment--or does castration fail to address aggression as an underlying motive for sex offenses (Besharov, 1992, p. 42)? In

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ne treatment does not work for antisocial personalities or for those whose sex offenses are motivated by the feelings of anger, violence or power. The treatment does not reach the causes of their harmful behavior. Thus, proper diagnosis is essential (Besharov, 1992, p. 42). Some may argue that hormone treatment as an alternative to incarceration is too lenient for serious sex crimes. First, it is possible to combine treatment with incarceration, but it should be noted that sex offenders frequently receive short sentences. Nationally, convicted rapists serve less than six years in jail, and that does not include all those who plead guilty to lesser offenses. For too many offenders, the sexual abuse and violence in prisons merely heightens their propensity to commit further crimes (Besharov, 1992, p. 42). Some sex offenders, with persistent histories of sexual abuse, voluntarily request chemical castration as a way to stop themselves from reoffending. In one such case, a 59-year-old man, known as Mr. K, wanted to be castrated (Alexander & et.al., 1993, pp. 790-793). The man's abusive behavior began when he was at school and continued into his marriage. He abused his own children, and, despite many periods of imprisonment,
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