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castration
castration Removal of the sexual glands (testes or ovaries) from an animal or human. In human beings, removal of the testes has been used as a form of punishment, a way of sexually incapacitating slaves to produce
eunuchs, a way of artificially creating soprano voices (
castrato) and as a method of stopping the spread of cancer. It can also make animals tamer.
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Castration of repeat sexual offenders: an international comparative analysis.
Magazine article from: Houston Journal of International Law; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION A. Castration in the United States: The Debate at Home B. Castration Abroad: Framing the International Debate...of Analysis II. WHY DOES THE ISSUE OF CASTRATION CONTINUALLY REAPPEAR? A. United States...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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CASTRATION, NOT JAIL FOR RAPE SUSPECT.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/7/1992; 700+ words
; ...challenge the agreement. Castration has been offered as an...the choice of surgical castration, and my recollection is that about 2,000 castrations were performed," said...don't think surgical castration is necessary. In Germany...
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Castration of sex offenders disputed by health experts
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/14/1992; 700+ words
; ...13-year-old girl, choose surgical castration over a prison term has raised questions...governor of Ohio for help in obtaining castration. Many mental health experts think castration does not get to the heart of what motivates...
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Chemical castration - breaking the cycle of paraphiliac recidivism.(Human Rights, Gender Politics & Postmodern Discourses)
Magazine article from: Social Justice; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; I. Introduction Chemical castration. The words cause a shudder in the...country. Not only is "chemical castration" in the thoughts of legislators...passed a law that mandates chemical castration as a condition of parole for repeat...
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Health: Can castration cure paedophiles?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...want made available here. The call for castration has increased with the imminent release...acceptable. Evidence is also emerging that castration is not guaranteed to cure deviant sexual...hormones. The alternative is chemical castration, a reversible treatment where the male...
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Will chemical castration stop sex offenders?
Magazine article from: Jet; 9/23/1996; 700+ words
; ...banner headlines nationwide is chemical castration. But, critics question whether the...legalities and curative benefits of chemical castration rose to a new level when California...order to be effective, or surgical castration, the effects of which are permanent...
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An illogical sanction: why castration is a bad solution to treating sex offenders.
Magazine article from: Corrections Today; 8/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...agreement with the court to undergo castration in exchange for a sentence of probation...1992 case was not the first time the castration of sex offenders was considered. In...Carolina Supreme Court ruled that surgical castration was cruel and unusual punishment after...
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 "Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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Panel seeks evidence castration is effective: A lawmaker proposes offering convicted sex offenders castration and conditional release.
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA); 9/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...information about the pros and cons of castration before considering it as an alternative...a convicted sex offender to request castration as an alternative to confinement in...they lacked convincing evidence that castration would reduce repeat offenses by convicted...
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Growing Support for Castration in Texas
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/12/1995; 700+ words
; ...Support is growing in Texas for a proposed castration law. Pedophiles would be castrated...molesters. The law would allow voluntary castration for repeat offenders. The proposal...one side are those who believe that castration is a barbaric act in a civilized society...
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PANEL SEEKS EVIDENCE CASTRATION IS EFFECTIVE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 9/13/2006; ; 654 words
; ...information about the pros and cons of castration before considering it as an alternative...a convicted sex offender to request castration as an alternative to confinement in...they lacked convincing evidence that castration would reduce repeat offenses by convicted...
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Castration Complex
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
CASTRATION COMPLEX In psychoanalysis, the word "castration" is associated with several others that define it and...term, the specifically psychoanalytic definition of castration is rooted in the act feared by male children, namely...
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castration
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
castration means removal of the testicles ( testes...heart attacks. In medical practice castration is sometimes used in the treatment of...deprived of it. The main benefit of castration for an elderly man with prostate cancer...
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Subject's Castration
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
SUBJECT'S CASTRATION Lacanian notions of castration are linked to frustration and deprivation, lacking and...loss of feces should be considered as the precursor of the castration complex (Freud, 1916-1917e). Thus the Freudian concept...
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Castration
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
98. Castration Ab é lard, Peter castrated by irate father of lover, H é loise. [Fr. Lit.: H é loise and Ab...
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Sexual Difference
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...related to the Oedipus complex and the castration complex. In 1908 (1908c) Sigmund Freud...presented for the first time the notion of the castration complex, centered on fantasies of castration and closely linked to the drives. Through...
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