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INTRODUCTION

Chemical castration is a legal body chemical treatment that has been used since around 1944 to reduce
the level of testosterone in men, and also in women, as the hormone triggers the sex drive in both.
This type of castration is done via anaphrodisiac drugs to reduce libido and sexual activity. The world
that we live in currently is much more dangerous than it was a few years ago. The crime rate in India
is increasing in an alarming rate. Rape has been described as one of the most common crimes against
women in India. So for this, many scientists have suggested chemical castration instead of surgical
castration which is more humane.

RESEARCH PROBLEM

Coming straight to the nub of the matter, let me begin at the very beginning by first and foremost
expressing my full and firm support to the growing perfectly justified demand that seeks chemical
castration for child rapists. It must be done as early as possible to ensure that those who indulge in
child rape get their due punishment swiftly so that a right and loud message goes across the society
that rape will no longer go unpunished, unchecked and unabated. This is certainly the crying need
of the hour and also the main focus of this research article.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE
1. In “Chemical Castration”, the authors Ronald Cohn and Jesse Russell talk about how chemical
castration is the administration of medication designed to reduce libido and sexual activity,
usually in the hope of preventing rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders from repeating
their crimes. They say that chemical castration does not actually castrate the person, nor is it a
form of sterilisation. For this reason the term “ chemical castration” has been called a
misnomer.

2. “Castration” is a lively history of the meaning, function, and act of castration from its place in
the early church to its secular reinvention in the Renaissance. In this book, author Gary Taylor
has written a thoroughly engaging account of the history and misconceptions of castration.

3. “Castration & Male Rage” by the late Eugene Monick is a very insightful overview of the plight
of men from a Jungian perspective and examines the origins & potential solutions to male rage.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The aim of this paper is to examine chemical castration procedure, paedophilia and mentality of
child rapists. The paper also aims at examining the growing trend towards favouring castration as a
sentencing alternative and also explaining the reasons for this trend. The objective is to prove that
trend is a necessary response to a failing criminal justice system.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The limitation is that the side effects of the drug may not be reversible even after the medication is
discontinued. Because the side effects are so unpleasant or jeopardising to their health. Longitudinal
studies of the side effects are incomplete, because those with the severest side effects drop out.

HYPOTHESIS

Chemical castration must be done as early as possible to child molesters and other sexual offenders
to prevent them from repeating their crimes.

METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY

The research undertaken is a Doctrinal one. The study mainly depends on the collection of primary
and secondary sources from books, journals, websites, research articles, case laws and other such
sources. This study uses analytical, critical, comparative and other necessary methods to deduce the
conclusion and to make out the findings of the study and to provide the suggestions.
HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF CHEMICAL CASTRATION

Castration was frequently used for religious or social reasons in certain culture in Europe, South
Asia,Africa and East Asia. After battles in some cases,winners castrated their captives or the
corpses of the defeated to symbolise their victory and seize their “power”. Castrated men “eunuchs”
were often admitted to special social classes and were use particularly to staff bureaucracies and
palace households.