On 22 October, the Polish senate decided on more severe punishments for sex offenders, with only one abstention. Chemical castration already exists as an option for sex offenders in Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, and, more controversially, in the Czech RepublicThere was astonishingly little comment in the Polish press after the senate's decision to pass a law - with only one abstention - radically tightening the punishments for sex offenders on Thursday. Yet the altered law can't be uncontroversial: it makes it obligatory to chemically treat paedophiles and allows for more severe punishments for serious sex offences. Future jail terms would be for three to fifteen years, instead of the previous two to twelve years. Poland would be the only country in Europe with compulsory medical treatment. Similar laws against child abuse otherwise only exist in some states in the USA.
There was astonishingly little comment in the Polish press after the senate's decision to pass a law - with only one abstention - radically tightening the punishments for sex offenders on Thursday. Yet the altered law can't be uncontroversial: it makes it obligatory to chemically treat paedophiles and allows for more severe punishments for serious sex offences. Future jail terms would be for three to fifteen years, instead of the previous two to twelve years. Poland would be the only country in Europe with compulsory medical treatment. Similar laws against child abuse otherwise only exist in some states in the USA.
On the other hand, more severe punishments for serious sex offences, about time. Rape is often punished at the same level as common burglary... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Chemical castration is the administration of medication designed to reduce libido and sexual activity, usually in the hope of preventing rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders from re-offending. Unlike surgical castration, where the testes are removed through an incision in the scrotum,[1] chemical castration does not actually castrate the person, nor is it a form of sterilization, hence the term "chemical castration" has been called a misnomer.[2]. Chemical castration is generally considered reversible when treatment is discontinued; in the case of Depo Provera, "no permanent physical change is wrought in the body."[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_castration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_castration
I've read testimony from offenders that chemical castration helps if they genuinely want to stop offending. It reduces the drive. However I've read one who said that it was only actual castration that really gave him peace.
I just don't know. Afaik paedophiles cannot be cured, they are at best like alcoholics taking it one day at a time. But really in our society it must be like being an alcoholic living in a pub. Almost impossible, almost unbearable.
I think they should be offered an island, not a harsh environment, but a controlled one where they can live freely. Work for a living, learn skills, associate as they will, communicate as they will. But never leave. keep to the Fen Causeway
/snark ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
