Talking Point Should the Czech Republic stop surgically castrating sex offenders?
The Czech Republic has recently been criticized by the Council of Europe for surgically castrating sex offenders. Last year, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment visited several of the country’s psychiatric wards and prisons. In its report, the committee called surgical castration a degrading form of treatment, and recommended that Czech authorities abandon it. But most Czech sexologists and health care professionals disagree. They believe that surgical castration is the most effective form of preventing relapses. In this week’s Talking Point, we look at the practice, and the future, of surgical castration in the Czech Republic.
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