Biological Policies

Question 1

What is drug therapy

Answer 1

Drug treatments that control criminal behaviour

Question 2

What does methadone reduce

Answer 2

Heroin addiction
Stealing
Selling drugs

Question 3

What does stilbestrol reduce

Answer 3

Female hormones reduces sex drive
Reduce sexual crimes

Question 4

What does Antabuse reduce

Answer 4

Alcohol abuse
Violent crimes
Drunk and disorderly

Question 5

What does valium reduce

Answer 5

Violent crimes by prisoners

Question 6

Is drug therapy still used today

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

Strengths of drug therapy

Answer 7

Effective, ethical and easy to stop doing

Question 8

What is surgery

Answer 8

Alters offenders brains or bodies to prevent them from offending

Question 9

What is surgical castration

Answer 9

A medical procedure to remove testicles
Treats sex offenders

Question 10

Are surgical castrations used today

Answer 10

Yes, but not to reduce crime
Germany and Czech Republic use it

Question 11

Weaknesses of surgical castration

Answer 11

Unethical, irreversible and has no evidence that it reduces crime

Question 12

What is a lobotomy

Answer 12

popular in 1930 to treat schizophrenics but severing frontal lobe
Reduce violent crimes

Question 13

Are lobotomies still used today

Answer 13

Rarely but it is still legal

Question 14

What is eugenics

Answer 14

Removing the unfit or weak from society, to reduce crimes by working class

Question 15

Evaluation of eugenics

Answer 15

Segregation/discrimination
Can be corrupt (nazi)

Question 16

Is eugenics still used today

Answer 16

Illegal in UK and most of the world, some countries still use it (indigenous women in Canada), 2015 judge sterilised a mother of 6 who had disabilities

Question 17

What is the death penalty

Answer 17

Ending a life by state execution (sentenced by government)
A deterrent from crime such as murder

Question 18

Methods of death penalty

Answer 18

Hanging, lethal injection, beheading when originated

Question 19

Is death penalty used today

Answer 19

Yea but only in a few places of the world (Belarus or US States such as Texas)

Question 20

Evaluation of death penalty

Answer 20

Irreversible, doesnt have evidence to reduce crime,
Closure to victims families, cannot escape and offend again

Question 21

What is a diet

Answer 21

Diets are modified to effect agressive behaviour and reduce violent crimes

Question 22

Tuna and salmon diets

Answer 22

Serotonin rich, mood regulation

Question 23

Tartrazine diet

Answer 23

Avoided to reduce hyperactivity

Question 24

Are diets still used

Answer 24

Commonly as they are ethical and effective