Evaluation of Anti-Androgens for Treating the Offender

Question 1

+ Less likely to reoffend

Answer 1

Research by Meyer found that whilst receiving hormone treatment, 18% reoffended and 35% reoffended after the treatment stopped, compared to 55% of the control group who reoffended

Question 2

+ Reduced sexual thoughts

Answer 2

Turner found that of the sex offenders on hormone treatments, between 26% and 75.4% showed improvements measured by reduced sexual thoughts

Question 3

• Side effects

Answer 3

Hormone treatments have significant side-effects, including breast enlargement, osteoporosis, and depression. There are high non-compliance rates associated with this treatment therefore

Question 4

• Not stand-alone

Answer 4

Often the treatment doesn’t stand alone but is combined with therapy, making it hard to measure the effectiveness of hormone treatments

Question 5

• Expensive and tricky

Answer 5

Hormone treatments are very expensive and can be hard to administer and supervise