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Article: Will chemical castration stop sex offenders?
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- Jet
- Article date:
- September 23, 1996
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Legislators, psychiatrists and law enforcement authorities have long debated the most efficient and effective method of stopping sex criminals from becoming repeat offenders. The latest technique to make banner headlines nationwide is chemical castration. But, critics question whether the controversial new procedure--which attempts to kill a person's sex drive with regular injections of the hormone-suppressing drug Depo-Provera--will actually stop sex offenders.
Recently, the debate over the legalities and curative benefits of chemical castration rose to a new level when California legislators overwhelmingly approved a bill that requires repeat child molesters to ...