A lifelong penalty will deter not Molesters; Treatment can
Franz Kafka's novel "in the penal colony" describes a punishment machine that prisoners on a wooden bed strapped dire and deals excruciating pain. Above the prisoner, a parallel bed with large needles repeatedly mounted pumps down to the prisoner's body, puncture and tattoo. This device is only purpose to physically punish and it is a pity the prisoners for their crimes, to rehabilitate them. It can analogized California new chemical castration law and the proposed law single handcuffs for second offense of child molesters.
An updated version of Kafka's novel is stored by the women's coalition. This group, which played an important role in the legislature more stringent laws against sex offenders-advocates, law, AB3339, effective Jan. 1 passed the chemical castration to convince. People twice be convicted of child abuse now with injections of Depo Provera, added to a hormone that prevents sex drive and fertility. The injections are administered one week before an individual's release from prison first. It is to punish no obvious purpose of the new law except continue to people who already have served their punishment for their crimes.
The problems with chemical castration include the frightening prospect that it wrongly accused persons, and doubts about the drug administered effectiveness be can. Dr. Fred F. Berlin, the Baltimore Director of the National Institute of sexual trauma, denies the idea that DEPO PROVERA injections work simply "pro forma" and indicates that "It's like a diet drugs..." "You want to stop having to eat." See Mike Lewis, "The new castration," California lawyer, January 1997, p. 21.
But Dr. Berlin goes too far. Diet drugs to suppress the appetite. If the drug is, accompanied by the desire to lose weight, there is a great chance that weight loss will occur. There is no analogy with child molesters and Depo-Provera, which has an inhibitory effect on libido and fertility.
Child molesters have no problems with their libido, they have problems with behavioral control, mental fragility and drug abuse. They often come from households where sexual abuse was common. As with DEPO PROVERA on child molesters is similar with penicillin for rapists: the drug is unrelated to the problems and is therefore ineffective.
In addition, Depo Provera has serious side effects in addition to loss of sexual pleasure and fertility: extensions of the breasts, hot flashes, and hair loss. The drug "Victims" subject to embarrassing physical changes are and, more importantly, they suffer a loss of normal and healthy sexual relationships and the ability to have a family. To a child molester, internal problems torture raises the controlling harass drive will continue regardless of whether they are chemically castrated.
Most psychiatrists believe that chemical castration are only voluntary if elected by the Defiler and psychological counseling must be accompanied by. In other words, castration is not the answer to the problem; the mental element is the factor that needs to be addressed. Women Coalition has announced that it right - the single handcuff law currently on "Phase 2" for the chemical castration. Under this programme child molesters are forced twice sentenced to wear a single handcuffs for life upon their release from prison. The theory is that the public's notice would be provided a molester among them; It is therefore the public "safe" by individuals, which will be publicly ashamed by the "brand of metal".
The proposed law single handcuff is inherently flawed. A child is not shown the child molesters or the handcuff prior to the attack. Molesters the sleeve under a jacket, sleeve or glove could easily hide so that the handcuffs of potential victims would go unnoticed. More importantly, addresses the handcuff not the problem, and as such, it does not prevent that future crimes. The women of the Coalition tunnel vision and his desire, protection which includes company it see the monstrous implication of shame is proposed rulings.
Shame, condemnation is not the solution to child molesters. Child molesters are not good. They have called impulse, tell them, they must be controlled somewhat smaller and lighter than you. It is their need for control outside the Law Act. Many of them know their behavior is maintained illegally but still no social standards. Shame conviction be changed behavior of a child molester. The problem to resolve, should we require that they try problems preserving treatment to solve, they pursue, so that society be really protected. Of branding these people for life, we eliminate no incentive for them to seek help and change.
The effective penalty is modern horror novel not phase one or stage two of the women of the coalition. The legislator has already determined the appropriate punishment for crimes. The Board of prison terms determines which prisoners will be rehabilitated to the point, where they again result in society and normal life on probation. Women's coalition usurped the authorities and tells us, that has already been executed also under the corresponding penalty punishment will continue.
The blind trust in shame bypasses more solutions, that while the child molester is still imprisoned and still safe used way of the public can be condemnation. A prisoner might have to attend compulsory and strict psychological counseling. The victim, could often from the same family as the harasser and other family members, called these meetings in an open forum atmosphere the awareness of the problems that emotions trigger recognition of warning signs to promote and a vent to visit, fears and ensure. Inmates could too superficially polygraph examinations before their release to determine whether they are still susceptible to more sausage be filler.
Despite such practical solutions, the women of the Coalition, punishment takes the form not as monstrous torture machine, but of medical technology and visible public displays. Although there is a distinct difference in form, the similarity is maintained: the added punishment can only be of shame: it is not to treat of the symptoms of the crime.
Shame only guaranteed conviction that the hope, help and even consciousness never takes place. It is a patch to cover up the frustration and fear that the company feels if the issues at hand are extremely difficult to resolve. Shame sentence is used, a crutch of society if it wants to protect, but believes that his hands are cuffed. But society will be protected not.... in the penal colony.
Sharon B. Morris
Sharon B. Morris, lawyer for Triessll and Morris law firm at http://triessl-morris.com/
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