Castration unscientific.

It is true that sex abuse has no place in a civilised society. As a way to check this  crime castration of the abusers is one of the many options.   If testosterone levels and consequently men's libidos are the reasons for the psychological unevenness of abusers it can be lowered through surgically removing a man's testicles or treating him with drugs. For that reason, castration has been used by psychiatrists and mandated by various countries to treat sex offenders. Nevertheless castration - physical or chemical - does not guarantee that a man will forever be sexually dysfunctional or that he won't again commit rape. Medical studies reveal that a person  can be castrated and still he have an intact organ. Most testosterone is produced by the testes, but some is made in the adrenal glands.                                 Moreover, men who take testosterone, through pills or injections, could easily restore natural levels of the hormone allowing them to have sex despite their lack of testicles.  A 2005 study printed in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychology and the Law, found that up to 10 percent of sexual offenders who are surgically castrated repeat their crime. Forensic psychiatrists are of split opinion as to whether chemical castration is a successful treatment for sex offenders.Castrated offenders can and do offend again. So castration - chemical or surgical - is not a good way of responding to sexual behaviour and for that reason one cannot fully agree with Justice N Kirubakaran. What is actually needed is medical treatment of personality disorder that leads to rape and sexual abuse. Lack of education in some sections of the society is also a reason for sex related crimes. K A Solaman