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CHEMICAL castration of rapists and child sex offenders is to begin in France.
The government has given the green light to begin trials of a treatment to neuter the sex drives of persistent predators.
Tests are to be carried out on 48 male volunteers - all former offenders now released from prison.
The move follows a massive rise in sex offences in France. In 1990 five percent of prison inmates were sex offenders. Now the figure is 22 per cent, with three quarters of all sex attacks being on children. Government scientist Serge Stoleru said: "Two medicines will be tested to reduce the hormone which controls male sexual desire, effectively making it impossible for him to become sexually aroused.
"We believe we can reduce repeat sexual offending to almost zero in any man who takes the treatment."
The government has given the green light to begin trials of a treatment to neuter the sex drives of persistent predators.
Tests are to be carried out on 48 male volunteers - all former offenders now released from prison.
The move follows a massive rise in sex offences in France. In 1990 five percent of prison inmates were sex offenders. Now the figure is 22 per cent, with three quarters of all sex attacks being on children. Government scientist Serge Stoleru said: "Two medicines will be tested to reduce the hormone which controls male sexual desire, effectively making it impossible for him to become sexually aroused.
"We believe we can reduce repeat sexual offending to almost zero in any man who takes the treatment."