Experts reject chemical castration
Jason...@virgin.net
Experts reject chemical castration
(South Africa)
October 28 1999 at 09:22PM
Arguments against the proposal of mandatory chemical castration for
repeat sex offenders emerged on Thursday, with experts criticising the
punishment.
Professor Anna van der Hoven, a criminologist at Unisa, said chemical
castration was an organic treatment which rested on the assumption that
sexual deviance is a function of sexual drive, arising from sexual
hormones.
"The drug cannot be successful if the assumption is wrong as the
chemical cannot eliminate the causes of rape, which are on a social
level and have to do with the norms of society and the way women are
seen," Van der Hoven said.
She said some cultures viewed women as inferior to men and as objects to
be used.
Rape was not considered to be a serious offence.
"Therapies that have shown more success include a cognitive approach,
behaviour therapy, aversion therapy and simple counselling," said Van
der Hoven.
She described aversion therapy as a relatively new development in which
offenders were videotaped describing the rape and the video was then
used to force them to take responsibility for what they had done.
Sharpjfa
>From: Jason...@virgin.net
>Date: Fri, 29 October 1999 05:01 PM EDT
>Message-id: <381A0B0D...@virgin.net>
>
>
> Experts reject chemical castration
> (South Africa)
>October 28 1999 at 09:22PM
>
>Arguments against the proposal of mandatory chemical castration for
>repeat sex offenders emerged on Thursday, with experts criticising the
>punishment.
>
>Professor Anna van der Hoven, a criminologist at Unisa, said chemical
>castration was an organic treatment which rested on the assumption that
>sexual deviance is a function of sexual drive, arising from sexual
>hormones.
>
>"The drug cannot be successful if the assumption is wrong as the
>chemical cannot eliminate the causes of rape, which are on a social
>level and have to do with the norms of society and the way women are
>seen," Van der Hoven said.
>
This women is totally ignorant of scientific studies going back a hundred years
showing that both surgical and chemical castration are remarkably successful in
reducing reoffense rates with sexual offenders.
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