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BioMed Central - A peer-reviewed research paper on the return to fertility after extended chemical castration with a GnRH antagonist, including references.
Chemical Castration - Against - Student project asking if chemical castration is an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders, providing online resources against it.
Chemical Castration - For - Student project asking if chemical castration is an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders, providing online resources in favor of it.
Florida's 1997 Chemical Castration Law - A review of the law by Larry Helm Spalding, including a history of castration in the United States, constitutional considerations, a civil liberties analysis, and a review of the ACLU's recommendations.
SexCriminals.com Poll - Public poll, with comments, about whether or not convicted rapists should be castrated, showing the majority in favor of either chemical or surgical castration.
Castration Often Fails to Halt Offenders - Article from USA Today on the wisdom of imprisoning and chemically treating rapists instead of giving them pyschological counseling. (September 3, 2001)
A Strange Cure for Rape - Article from the Kudzu Monthly on the United States' use of chemical castration focusing on Hazard Campbell and including sources and user comments. (August 1, 2001)
Italy Murders Prompt Castration Call - CNN article about the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini calling for chemical castration of sex offenders in Italy (August 21, 2000)
The Chemical Knife - Salon article asking if Tennessee will be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders. (March 1, 2000)
South Africans Vote on Castration - Article about a poll on the South Africa's Rape Crisis website asking South Africans to give their views on chemical castration for rapists. (December 1, 1999)
Accused Rapist to Undergo "Chemical Castration" - Article from the Portsmouth Herald about Hazard Campbell who agreed to undergo chemical castration prior to beginning a 25-years-to-life sentence for rape. (November 13, 1999)
Chemical Castration Bill Becomes Law - A satirical article from The Underground Online imagining chemical castration as the standard punishment for every crime. (August 31, 1998)
Chemical Castration: A Return to the Dark Ages - Article from the ACLU Florida about the chemical castration bill passed in Florida. (August 1, 1997)
Medical, Legal Experts Debate Merits of Castration Bill - Texas News article about a bill that would make voluntary surgical castration an option for child molesters. (May 8, 1997)
'Chemical Castration' OK'd For Montana Inmates - New York Times article about Montana's passage of a law approving, but not mandating, the use of chemical castration to reduce the sex drive of offenders who are about to be released from prison. (April 27, 1997)
California Child Molesters Could Face Chemical Castration - CNN article written prior to the bill's passage with links to related articles. (August 29, 1996)
Mild Testosterone Reduction Effective Against Aggression? - Article from Crime Times about a study which suggests that even mild reductions in testosterone levels can significantly reduce male aggression. Includes a link to an article about high testosterone levels being linked to sex crimes. (January 1, 1995) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.