Boilodgical Theories Policies Flashcards

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What are the two policies

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Death penalty and chemical castration

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Does the death penalty work?

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-statistics have shown that in the USA there is lower crime rates in the states where there is no death penalty

  • people often kill in the heat of the moment, would be unfair to take there life as they didn’t make a reasoned and rational decision
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What is chemical castration?

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A pill given to9n sex offender’s to reduce their sex drive

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Does chemical castration work?

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  • the use of this pill can have serious side effects like growing breasts
  • some people suggest that sex offending is not abut the sec but about violence and control and that the drug will not contain these attitudes and may turn to other crimes if they are unable to preform sexually due to the drugs.
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