Antiandrogen treatment of sexual offenders raises serious legal and ethical considerations
in both the medical profession and in the courts. Discussion is offered on the use of …

The use of erection measurement studies is proliferating in the assessment and treatment of
sexual deviants. Because of the nature of sexual offense, there are many inherent legal …

Since the landmark Tarasoff decision, courts have expanded third-party liability to
psychotherapists for the harm done to others by patients in their care. While this is an issue which …

Background Compulsory physical castration has been widely practiced for thousands of
years. 8 In the Middle Ages, individuals were castrated as a punishment according to the lex …

Growing public intolerance for sexual crimes has led to a number of legislative measures,
including chemical castration, the use of medications that, when used appropriately, reduce …

One of the mainstays of forensic psychiatry has been the determination of a defendant's
competency to stand trial. Competency to stand trial is based on the US Supreme Court ruling …

Pedophiles constitute a heterogeneous group of sex offenders. Direct physiological
assessment of sexual arousal has significantly increased our diagnostic skill and capability of …

… The choice may be characterized as coercive, but "[w]hen faced with the certainty of
incarceration, wouldn't we all want to be able to make such a choice? To ask the question is to …

The use of castration as a punitive measure, practiced for centuries by other cultures, has
enjoyed newfound prominence in this country's criminal justice system as a potential remedy …

… JOHN HENRY HALE whose cover portrait on this issue of the Journal was drawn by our
staff artist, Mrs. Naida Willette Page, was the major figure on the Meharry faculty of the …