hormonal treatment

Question 1

what is the hormonal treatment for offenders?

Answer 1

Chemical castration, it stops violent and sexual offenders from producing testosterone, which makes people become more violent.

Question 2

Hormone therapy is focussed on which types of criminals?

Answer 2

Paedophiles - deviant erotic urges focussed on children

Paraphiliacs - abnormal sexual drives that tend to involve dangerous activities and arousal to Atypical situations and people

Question 3

what is an anti androgen?

Answer 3

this is what stops the testosterone from being created in the body. An androgen is a hormone that regulates the development of sex characteristics.

Question 4

what are the two types of anti androgens?

Answer 4

MPA, CPA

Question 5

what does MPA do, and the side effects?

Answer 5

this decreases the functioning of luteinising hormones (testosterone) which lowers the amount of testosterone in the body

side effects - loss of bone density, depression, weight gain

Question 6

What does CPA do, and the side effects?

Answer 6

binds to testosterone receptors to stop the body from using testosterone

side effects - loss of bone density, kidney and liver dysfunction

Question 7

study to support the use of MPA?

Answer 7

Maletzky et al (2006) he injected 134 inmates with MPA to see if there was a difference in recidivism, and it was seen to have a positive effect and reduced recidivism.