Hormone therapy - chemical castration Flashcards
How do hormones cause aggressive behaviour?
- causes of this behaviour is based on biological approach
- For example, elevated testosterone has been documented among individuals with a history of aggression
Why is hormone therapy used with criminals?
- This to maintain normal sexual drives but to suppress deviant behaviour
- Individuals may be placed on hormone treatments or be given other drugs as a mean of treating aggression.
How is Hormone therapy conducted?
- Given varying doses via injection
- This usually depends on the offenders levels of testosterone
- This can be given either daily, weekly or monthly
- The does is reduced after assessment
What is anti-androgens and how do they link to hormone therapy?
- It is the use of medication to lower testosterone levels which leads to decrease of deviant and non-deviant sexual types.
- Anti - androgen drugs are a group of medication given to counteract the effects of androgens (male sex hormones) on various organs and tissues
Who is treated using hormone therapy, what behaviours does it help with?
- Sex offenders and thinking is it the biological influences of the behaviours are reduced this would in turn impact on the social and psychological influences of the behaviour.
What are the potential side effects of hormone therapy?
- Cpa - liver dysfunction
- mpa - breast enlargement, osteoporosis and depression. This makes it more likely an individual will decline in such treatments
What is mpa
mpa → is a female hormone → decreases the functioning of testosterone by inhibiting LH → usually administered as an injection → Side effects → breast enlargement and depression → makes it more likely an individual will decline treatment
What is cpa?
Cpa → quickly reduced sexual drives and deviant fantasizes → side effects: liver dysfunction
What are anti-androgen drugs?
- anti-androgen drugs are group of medication given to counteract the effect effects of anti androgen (male sex hormones ) on various organs and tissues → used to treat sex offenders and thinking and thinking if the biological influences of the behavior are reduced this would impact on social and psychological influences.
Why are sex offenders castrated
- Sex offenders can be castrated - offenders have to keep taking a pill to lower their libido → its to destroy their ability to have intercourse and always has objections about this → normally given to pedophiles.