Castration of Sex Offenders: Prisoners' Rights Versus Public Safety

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-509

  Scott, Charles L ^a,b,c   Holmberg, Trent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Psychiatry ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PUNISHMENT; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRISONERS; PUBLIC POLICY; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; SEX OFFENSES; STERILIZATION, INVOLUNTARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642434269     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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