lowering testosterone

Question 1

Batrinos - testosterone levels

Answer 1

higher in aggressive individuals.g prisoners who have committed violent crimes

Question 2

Ellis and Coontz - levels peak

Answer 2

testosterone levels peak from puberty to early 20s and this correlates with age with highest crimes rates in males

Question 3

what is a way to lower testosterone levels

Answer 3

chemical castration

Question 4

what is a form of chemical castration

Answer 4

stillbestrol

Question 5

what is stillbestrol

Answer 5

used to treat male sex offenders

female hormone that reduces mans sex drive

can have side effects of breast development, feminisation and serious psychiatric disorders

Question 6

chemical castration pilot study

Answer 6

2012

sex offenders in HMP Whatton, England

reduced sex drive and was positively received