Prozac for jailed UK paedophiles

June 25, 2006

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

Prozac for paedophiles

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary attacked by Met

police chief over plans to move offenders out of hostels

By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

Published: 25 June 2006

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Responses

June 25, 2006

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

Prozac for paedophiles

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary attacked by Met

police chief over plans to move offenders out of hostels

By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

Published: 25 June 2006

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Responses

June 25, 2006

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

Prozac for paedophiles

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary attacked by Met

police chief over plans to move offenders out of hostels

By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

Published: 25 June 2006

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Responses

June 25, 2006

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

Prozac for paedophiles

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in controversial

treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary attacked by Met

police chief over plans to move offenders out of hostels

By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

Published: 25 June 2006

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be prescribed Prozac in

an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under radical plans approved

by ministers.

The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100 prisoners in

nine jails will take part in trials of the anti-depressant drug this

autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive sexual urges. An

estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could eventually be treated

with the drug.

The Department of Health is also understood to be investigating the

possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " , which uses libido-

suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not respond to

ordinary programmes.

The disclosure that ministers plan to use these controversial

measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a growing political

row over how children should be protected from sex abusers.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, fears that

removing sex offenders from bail hostels near schools will severely

disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and could place children

at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The issue of how best to protect children from sex offenders has

been thrust to the top of the political agenda by Reid in

recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's News of the World

that he was also considering alerting parents to any paedophile

neighbours drew accusations from senior police that he had succumbed

to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of Chief Police

Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the hoof " .

Britain's senior police officers are increasingly concerned about a

shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled, which they believe

could result in justice at the hands of the lynch mob.

Critics say the introduction to Britain of a so-called 's Law,

based on US legislation under which names and addresses of

paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into a false sense of

security and provoke mob violence.

Successful management of offenders is, say experts, the most cost-

effective way to protect children. Drug treatment and the use of

compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on probation aim to further

reduce the risk of reoffending.

Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is already widely used

in North America for the treatment of sex offenders, although it is

effective only with the minority prone to obsessive thoughts.

Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department of Health-funded

pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective in treating up

to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen their intensity and

work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also help with

elevating mood. "

Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful way of preventing

reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make them mandatory

have never made it on to the statute books.

Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers,

said most sex offenders could be managed successfully.

" With the right programmes, sex offenders can be treated. There is

no evidence that there has been any significant rise in attacks, and

the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even record them. "

How it works

Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the enzyme serotonin,

which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also boosts self-esteem

and helps people overcome negative and obsessive emotions such as

deviant desires to have sex with children.

Responses

June 26, 2006

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Whatever it takes is ok with me, otherwise they should

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It's a hard to understand situation; this sex thing

and children. A while back a friend expressed to me

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trying to get their ideas and so-called rights to be

accepted. Today he told me he had read on the internet

that Holland was trying to get the age of consent

reduced to 9 years old. Also, in 1970, I read in the

paper that the age of consent in the State of West

Virginia or Virginia USA (one or the other) was 12

years old!!!!!

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--- bryce_j_j <jeremybryce1953@...> wrote:

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

>

> Prozac for paedophiles

>

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

>

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary

> attacked by Met

> police chief over plans to move offenders out of

> hostels

> By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

> Published: 25 June 2006

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

>

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Responses

>

June 26, 2006

Please read the " FAIR USE NOTICE " regarding my

intentions.

Whatever it takes is ok with me, otherwise they should

be kept locked up.

It's a hard to understand situation; this sex thing

and children. A while back a friend expressed to me

that he believed that paedophiles would get around to

trying to get their ideas and so-called rights to be

accepted. Today he told me he had read on the internet

that Holland was trying to get the age of consent

reduced to 9 years old. Also, in 1970, I read in the

paper that the age of consent in the State of West

Virginia or Virginia USA (one or the other) was 12

years old!!!!!

john

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which has not

always been specifically authorized by the copyright

owner. I am making such material available in my

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scientific, and social justice issues, etc.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such

copyrighted

material as provided for in section 107 of the US

Copyright Law. In

accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the

material in this email is distributed without profit

to those who have expressed a prior interest in

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--- bryce_j_j <jeremybryce1953@...> wrote:

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

>

> Prozac for paedophiles

>

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

>

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary

> attacked by Met

> police chief over plans to move offenders out of

> hostels

> By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

> Published: 25 June 2006

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

>

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Responses

>

June 26, 2006

Please read the " FAIR USE NOTICE " regarding my

intentions.

Whatever it takes is ok with me, otherwise they should

be kept locked up.

It's a hard to understand situation; this sex thing

and children. A while back a friend expressed to me

that he believed that paedophiles would get around to

trying to get their ideas and so-called rights to be

accepted. Today he told me he had read on the internet

that Holland was trying to get the age of consent

reduced to 9 years old. Also, in 1970, I read in the

paper that the age of consent in the State of West

Virginia or Virginia USA (one or the other) was 12

years old!!!!!

john

FAIR USE NOTICE

This email contains copyrighted material the use of

which has not

always been specifically authorized by the copyright

owner. I am making such material available in my

efforts to advance understanding of environmental,

political, human rights, economic, democracy,

scientific, and social justice issues, etc.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such

copyrighted

material as provided for in section 107 of the US

Copyright Law. In

accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the

material in this email is distributed without profit

to those who have expressed a prior interest in

receiving the included information

for research and educational purposes. For more

information go to:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

If you wish to use copyrighted material from this

update for purposes

of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain

permission from the copyright owner.

_______________________________________________

--- bryce_j_j <jeremybryce1953@...> wrote:

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

>

> Prozac for paedophiles

>

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

>

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary

> attacked by Met

> police chief over plans to move offenders out of

> hostels

> By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

> Published: 25 June 2006

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

>

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Responses

>

June 26, 2006

Please read the " FAIR USE NOTICE " regarding my

intentions.

Whatever it takes is ok with me, otherwise they should

be kept locked up.

It's a hard to understand situation; this sex thing

and children. A while back a friend expressed to me

that he believed that paedophiles would get around to

trying to get their ideas and so-called rights to be

accepted. Today he told me he had read on the internet

that Holland was trying to get the age of consent

reduced to 9 years old. Also, in 1970, I read in the

paper that the age of consent in the State of West

Virginia or Virginia USA (one or the other) was 12

years old!!!!!

john

FAIR USE NOTICE

This email contains copyrighted material the use of

which has not

always been specifically authorized by the copyright

owner. I am making such material available in my

efforts to advance understanding of environmental,

political, human rights, economic, democracy,

scientific, and social justice issues, etc.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such

copyrighted

material as provided for in section 107 of the US

Copyright Law. In

accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the

material in this email is distributed without profit

to those who have expressed a prior interest in

receiving the included information

for research and educational purposes. For more

information go to:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

If you wish to use copyrighted material from this

update for purposes

of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain

permission from the copyright owner.

_______________________________________________

--- bryce_j_j <jeremybryce1953@...> wrote:

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by UK Governmentministers

>

> Prozac for paedophiles

>

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1096229.ece

>

> Jailed sex offenders to get anti-depressants in

> controversial

> treatment approved by ministers. Home Secretary

> attacked by Met

> police chief over plans to move offenders out of

> hostels

> By Sophie Goodchild and Francis Elliott

> Published: 25 June 2006

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

>

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Paedophiles and other sex offenders are to be

> prescribed Prozac in

> an attempt to prevent them reoffending, under

> radical plans approved

> by ministers.

>

> The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that 100

> prisoners in

> nine jails will take part in trials of the

> anti-depressant drug this

> autumn to test its use in suppressing obsessive

> sexual urges. An

> estimated 10 per cent of sex offenders could

> eventually be treated

> with the drug.

>

> The Department of Health is also understood to be

> investigating the

> possible use of voluntary " chemical castration " ,

> which uses libido-

> suppressing drugs to treat sex offenders who do not

> respond to

> ordinary programmes.

>

> The disclosure that ministers plan to use these

> controversial

> measures to deal with sex attackers comes amid a

> growing political

> row over how children should be protected from sex

> abusers.

>

> The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair,

> fears that

> removing sex offenders from bail hostels near

> schools will severely

> disrupt the offenders' treatment programmes and

> could place children

> at greater risk of harm, The Independent on Sunday

> has learnt.

>

> The issue of how best to protect children from sex

> offenders has

> been thrust to the top of the political agenda by

> Reid in

> recent announcements to tabloid newspapers.

>

> The Home Secretary's announcement in last week's

> News of the World

> that he was also considering alerting parents to any

> paedophile

> neighbours drew accusations from senior police that

> he had succumbed

> to blackmail. Terry Grange, from the Association of

> Chief Police

> Officers (Acpo), said it was " policy-making on the

> hoof " .

>

> Britain's senior police officers are increasingly

> concerned about a

> shift in policy on how paedophiles are handled,

> which they believe

> could result in justice at the hands of the lynch

> mob.

> Critics say the introduction to Britain of a

> so-called 's Law,

> based on US legislation under which names and

> addresses of

> paedophiles are publicised, would lull parents into

> a false sense of

> security and provoke mob violence.

>

> Successful management of offenders is, say experts,

> the most cost-

> effective way to protect children. Drug treatment

> and the use of

> compulsory lie detectors for paedophiles on

> probation aim to further

> reduce the risk of reoffending.

>

> Prozac - or its generic version, Fluoxetine - is

> already widely used

> in North America for the treatment of sex offenders,

> although it is

> effective only with the minority prone to obsessive

> thoughts.

>

> Professor Don Grubin, who is leading the Department

> of Health-funded

> pilot, told the IoS that the drug could be effective

> in treating up

> to 10 per cent of offenders. " These drugs lessen

> their intensity and

> work on obsessive compulsive disorders. They also

> help with

> elevating mood. "

>

> Compulsory lie detector tests are seen as a useful

> way of preventing

> reoffending and breach of parole, but plans to make

> them mandatory

> have never made it on to the statute books.

>

> Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of

> Probation Officers,

> said most sex offenders could be managed

> successfully.

>

> " With the right programmes, sex offenders can be

> treated. There is

> no evidence that there has been any significant rise

> in attacks, and

> the number of kidnaps are so small they don't even

> record them. "

>

> How it works

>

> Prozac stimulates the brain's production of the

> enzyme serotonin,

> which can cause loss of libido. The enzyme also

> boosts self-esteem

> and helps people overcome negative and obsessive

> emotions such as

> deviant desires to have sex with children.

>

> Responses

>

June 26, 2006

This is possibly OT and I apologize, but I can't let something this close to

my heart just lay on the table and die. It is my sincere belief that in

order to have a mental illness such as obsession or psychotic-deviant

behavior, one must have mentality, i.e., a brain. Any person (and I use

that term loosely) who hurts a child in such a vulgar manner must only be

inherently wicked. It is just really hard for me to believe that a

paedophile is anything other than pure evil walking in the flesh.

Chemical castration is not the answer. Life imprisonment is not the

answer. Personality restructuring is not the answer. These beings cannot

be " cured. " There is no cure for evil. Anyone claiming to be a human, yet

preying on a child in this manner for his/her own grotesque pleasure does

not deserve to share the air that I breathe . . . and I certainly do not

want my tax dollars paying for his/her " cure, " nor do I want my money going

for room and board and all the creature comforts, which modern imprisonment

facilities offer, to keep these demons off the streets and away from

children.

We hear so often here in the states that abstinence is the best way to keep

from getting pregnant or an STD - how do you make a paedophile abstain?

Anyone reading this can probably guess what my thinking on the matter is.

But, to be sure I am clear, my opinion is physical castration including a

suprapubic catheter hooked to a leg bag for waste elimination purposes for

the first offense. If that doesn't work, and the paedophile

reoffends, euthanize the animal. Period.

Life is ultimately good. Paedophilia is evil to the core, walking around on

the earth. Paedophiles do not have the right for their deviant and wicked

behavior to be " accepted " or " condoned. " It should be exterminated.

As to the age of consent in WV - I was born and raised there. The age of

consent, since my birth in 1977, has been 14. This is largely due to the

fact that a child born in WV does not " belong " to the parents in the way

that one would think. All children born in WV are considered " wards of the

state " until the age of 18.

In the neighboring state of Ohio, where I currently live, the age of consent

is 16, but Daddy could still press statutory rape charges against his

daughter's 18-year-old boyfriend. For most legal matters in most of the

states, the magistrate or judge has the discretion to deem a child of any

age as mature enough to give consent or, in my case, choose with which

parent to live.

I've rambled enough. The bottom line is that using antidepressants to treat

paedophiles is, IMHO, the drug companies' last ditch effort to prove their

poison is good for something. I sit staring at my screen and shaking my

head . . .

June 26, 2006