Showing posts with label sexual offending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexual offending. Show all posts

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Drug treatments for sexual offenders or those at risk of offending

Cochrane: Victim surveys suggest that sexual offending is common, and survivors experience psychological problems. However, much offending goes undetected because of under-reporting and failure to successfully prosecute offenders. Medications used to treat sex offenders ('antilibidinal' medications) act by limiting the sexual drive (libido).