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  2. Chemical castration - Wikipedia

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    In women, chemical castration acts by decreasing testosterone levels in order to lower their sex drive, side effects include the deflation of breast glands, expansion of the size of the nipple and shrinking of bone mass. In some jurisdictions, chemical castration has been used to reduce the libido of sexual offenders. [4]

  3. Decarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, researchers with the Indiana Department of Corrections conducted a longitudinal five-year (2005-2009) follow-up study to analyze the role of an offender's education and post-release employment on recidivism among various categories of offenders (i.e., violent, non-violent, sex, and drug offenders). [149]

  4. Sterilization law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    ("Some studies have shown that medical treatment, such as castration, provides the only effective means of changing pedophilic behavior."). Matthew V. Daley, A Flawed Solution to the Sex Offender Situation in the United States: The Legality of Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders, 5 Ind. Health L. Rev. 87 (2008).

  5. Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for ...

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    Louisiana's current chemical castration law has been in place since 2008, however very few offenders have had the punishment passed handed down to them — with officials saying from 2010 to 2019 ...

  6. Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as ...

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    A handful of states, including Louisiana, California, Florida and Texas, have laws allowing for chemical castration for those guilty of certain sex crimes. In some of those states, offenders can ...

  7. Ten Commandments, abortion pills, castration: How ... - AOL

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    Some states, including Louisiana, make chemical castration legal for certain sex crimes. The bill was proposed by a Democrat, but it was overwhelmingly opposed by Democrats and supported by ...

  8. Anaphrodisiac - Wikipedia

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    Antiandrogens such as cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate, or the LHRH agonist leuprolide, are sometimes prescribed to convicted male sex offenders who are released on parole in an effort to stop them reoffending, in a treatment sometimes referred to as chemical castration, however the high doses required often cause a range of ...

  9. Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration for child sex ...

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    Earlier this year, 54-year-old Glenn Sullivan Sr of Springfield, Louisiana, agreed to be physically castrated after he raped and impregnanted a 14-year-old girl