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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)




» 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)