Should sex offenders get castrated?

[Borosai]

PS Borosai and I just simultaneously posted almost the same thing.

[bendmz]

I like the "ISLAND".... but put all the guilty criminals in it. close all the damn loop holes in the justice system.
let me see an island like CUBA sounds good after to take all the good people out....

[Wild Cobra]

I am curious to see what others think about this. I am currently writing a research paper in my current events class about this. I feel strongly supportive of this. I feel it will decrease the number of sex offenders if this is done. Cut their privates off if they molest a child. What do you guys think about having a castration law in full effect for first time offenders (and anyone else who commits this crime after the law is in effect)?? Would you support it? Why or why not?

My understanding is that sex crimes only change in the tool used when this is done.

I have no use for a child molester. My only judgement for such people is the death sentence. Then we never have to worry about them again.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I like the "ISLAND".... but put all the guilty criminals in it. close all the damn loop holes in the justice system.
let me see an island like CUBA sounds good after to take all the good people out....

Problem - "guilty criminals". So, shoplifter=rapist. Dope smoker=armed robber. No.

How about all the VIOLENT criminals? Then you could make food drops and watch them fight each other for the scraps - reality TV. Call it "Survival Island". Every year the winner, last one standing, gets to go to "another island" (in reality he gets shot in the head because he's actually the most dangerous of them all).

Sickness is spewing from my keyboard...

[ashbeeigh]

Bostonguy:

find this http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Devianc...1722876&sr=8-3

book or any book related to it. Awesome research and anything related to it. Has all your answers and it'll point you in a good scientific answer.

If you were in SA I'd meet up with you and you could borrow it, but alas, you aren't and I don't want to give you my flu.

[ploto]

Rape is first and foremost a crime of violence.

Rape is the sexual expression of aggression not the aggressive expression of sexuality.

[CuckingFunt]

Rape is first and foremost a crime of violence.

Rape is the sexual expression of aggression not the aggressive expression of sexuality.

I could be completely wrong, but I always thought that castration was most often looked at as a possible punishment for pedophiles, specifically, and not all sex offenders.

Though there are obviously other factors to consider -- aggression, power, control, etc. -- sexual urges do play a role in pedophilia, more so than in cases of rape. I don't particularly agree that it would be successful as there are plenty of ways to molest children that don't involve the penis, but the core of the argument (as I've always understood it) is that it would eliminate the obvious physiological effects and make it easier to resist the inappropriate urges.

[sabar]

Dumb idea. They guys (or women) are messed up in the head. You get rid of their goods and they'll improvise and use things like screwdrivers, which is probably a lot worse for the victims.

[Homeland Security]

If criminals get castrated, then where are we going to attach the electrodes?

[Soul_Patch]

Pedophiles are very much about the sexuality of it, rapists on the other hand are more about the agression.

I still dont agree with castration as a cure. A pedophile is going to molest a kid if he wants to, regardless of if he has balls or not.

[bostonguy]

THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT EVERYBODY! These opinions along with all the research I have done online and in the library should really do the trick. I get so blinded with my hate on sex offenders that I tend to ignore the negative outcomes of castration. I really wanted/needed a different perspective of things. Again thank you!

[Dario]

So you will have to castrate half the population between 18 and 25 who have sex with under 18 year olds.