CASTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS

Castration Of Sex Offenders

Castration Of Sex Offenders

Sex Offenders

Sex offenders are a heterogeneous group, but in the whole country crime prevalence (number of individuals who commit sexual offenses) and incidence (number of sexual offenses known) is very low compared with other types of offenders ( Redondo, 2002). In Spain are less than 1% of all reported crimes, and if we take the victim surveys as an alternative method of measuring this crime, again the rate is around 1%. Instead, prison is about 5% of prisoners serving sentences for sex crimes, because their sentences are longer than those with other criminals, resulting in a greater accumulation over time of these prisoners within prisons.

These figures are brought forward to underestimate the importance of crime, but to correctly position the portion of the crime that corresponds to sexual crime, few sex offenders compared to the total number of offenders, yet these few can be a lot of gravity acts that inflict some and causing public alarm. (Mitchell, 1982)

Variety Of Perpetrators

There are two basic motivations for committing the crime of rape, and these are sex and power, and many more authors who prefer the feeling of power over the victim as a priority goal to be achieved through the violation. Beneyto (2000) has summarized very well violate some cases that reflect the desire to dominate and various work done with sex offenders in Spain.

In addition to sexual desire and power, other motivations may play a role. The most popular types of rapists recognize the plurality of motives and develop different types of offenders in accordance with the goals they pursue their aggression.

One of the best known is that of Nicholas Groth (1979), who divided the violators according to the basic motivation exhibited in the attack.

Rape angry: occurs when sexuality is a means to express feelings and download stored anger and rage. The rapist used more violence than necessary to force the victim to give up, because the central idea of this violation is damaging to women as much as possible. The sexual aspect of aggression is a consequence that has occurred when developing the attack. It often happens that the aggressor has decided to commit the crime so sudden and improvised, just after having lived a situation that has greatly frustrated or angry. Since the victim is severely beaten, Groth says that women who suffer such violations recover better than others, to receive the sympathy and support from family and acquaintances.

Rape of power: describes the sexual aggressor who wants to possess the woman does not want to damage it. His goal is to have sex and violence is entirely instrumental, that is, the imperative to convince the woman to work. He wants to control, to experience being in charge and be at their mercy to the victim. He does not want sexual gratification, as usually is enough to prove that man for himself, is a way of removing personal insecurities. The victims in such attacks may suffer more misunderstanding, and even ...