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Web Sites in Category Chemical Castration

'Chemical Castration' OK'd For Montana Inmates - New York Times article about Montana's passage of a law approving, but not mandating, the use of chemical castration to reduce the sex drive of offenders who are about to be released from prison.

A Strange Cure for Rape - Article from the Kudzu Monthly on the United States' use of chemical castration focusing on Hazard Campbell and including sources and user comments.

Accused Rapist to Undergo "Chemical Castration" - Article from the Portsmouth Herald about Hazard Campbell who agreed to undergo chemical castration prior to beginning a 25-years-to-life sentence for rape.

ACLU Condemns Governor For Signing Mandatory Chemical Castration Law - Press release detailing the ACUL's postion with respect to this Californian law.

Alabama Mulls Chemical Castration Bill - Article from the Associated Press on Alabama's consideration of a law similar to California's.

BioMed Central - A peer-reviewed research paper on the return to fertility after extended chemical castration with a GnRH antagonist, including references.

CA Senate Approves Chemical Castration - Article from the American Civil Liberties Union on California's passage of the chemical castration bill.

California Child Molesters Could Face Chemical Castration - CNN article written prior to the bill's passage with links to related articles.

Castration Often Fails to Halt Offenders - Article from USA Today on the wisdom of imprisoning and chemically treating rapists instead of giving them pyschological counseling.

Castration Works - Article written by Sue Feinstein for 212.net about a sexual offender who chose castration and his reactions to the medication.

Chemical Castration - Against - Student project asking if chemical castration is an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders, providing online resources against it.

Chemical Castration - For - Student project asking if chemical castration is an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders, providing online resources in favor of it.

Chemical Castration Bill Becomes Law - A satirical article from The Underground Online imagining chemical castration as the standard punishment for every crime.

Chemical Castration: A Return to the Dark Ages - Article from the ACLU Florida about the chemical castration bill passed in Florida.

Convict Who Had Chemical Castration Gets 40 Years For New Sexual Attack - Roswell Daily Record article about Joseph Frank Smith, convicted of rape after receiving probation instead of prison time by agreeing to take sexual-suppression drugs.

Designing Sex - Article about Michael Ross, condemned to death in Connecticut, and his request to be released after being chemically castrated.

Florida's 1997 Chemical Castration Law - A review of the law by Larry Helm Spalding, including a history of castration in the United States, constitutional considerations, a civil liberties analysis, and a review of the ACLU's recommendations.

Italy Murders Prompt Castration Call - CNN article about the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini calling for chemical castration of sex offenders in Italy

Medical, Legal Experts Debate Merits of Castration Bill - Texas News article about a bill that would make voluntary surgical castration an option for child molesters.

Mild Testosterone Reduction Effective Against Aggression? - Article from Crime Times about a study which suggests that even mild reductions in testosterone levels can significantly reduce male aggression. Includes a link to an article about high testosterone levels being linked to sex crimes.

Rape Crisis Cape Town - The center's views on chemical castration in South Africa.

SexCriminals.com Poll - Public poll, with comments, about whether or not convicted rapists should be castrated, showing the majority in favor of either chemical or surgical castration.

South Africans Vote on Castration - Article about a poll on the South Africa's Rape Crisis website asking South Africans to give their views on chemical castration for rapists.

The Chemical Knife - Salon article asking if Tennessee will be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders.

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