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"In some countries chemical castration is optional, while in others (like Poland, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, Australia, Korea and parts of the US) it can be mandated for convicted sex offenders. Particularly the mandatory use of these drugs has been widely criticised on humanitarian grounds. Additionally, as psychiatrists Don Grubin and Anthony Beech state, there is an argument that 'doctors should avoid becoming agents of social control'."--Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side (2019) by Julia Shaw


"Except for Illinois, which decriminalized sodomy in 1961, homosexual acts, even between consenting adults acting in private homes, were a criminal offense in every U.S. state at the time the Stonewall Riots occurred: "An adult convicted of the crime of having sex with another consenting adult in the privacy of his or her home could get anywhere from a light fine to five, ten, or twenty years—or even life—in prison. In 1971, twenty states had 'sex psychopath' laws that permitted the detaining of homosexuals for that reason alone. In Pennsylvania and California sex offenders could be locked in a mental institution for life, and [in] seven states they could be castrated." (Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution, by David Carter, p. 15) Castration, emetics, hypnosis, electroshock therapy and lobotomies were used by psychiatrists to attempt to cure homosexuals through the 1950s and 1960s.(Katz, pp. 181–197.)(Adam, p. 60.)"--Sholem Stein

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A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser, or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime differs by culture and legal jurisdiction. The majority of convicted sex offenders have convictions for crimes of a sexual nature; however, some sex offenders have simply violated a law contained in a sexual category. Some of the serious crimes which usually result in a mandatory sex-offender classification are sexual assault, statutory rape, bestiality, child sexual abuse, incest, rape, and sexual imposition.

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Offenders

  • Jeffrey Dahmer: American serial killer with 17 known victims. Many of his killings included sexual assaults.
  • Richard Allen Davis: Convicted of kidnapping, committing a lewd act on, and murdering Polly Klaas (see "Victims" section).
  • Josef Fritzl: An Austrian man who began sexually abusing his daughter Elisabeth in 1977 and kept her imprisoned in his home from 1984 until 2008. He repeatedly sexually abused and raped Elisabeth, resulting in the births of seven children and one miscarriage. One of the children died in infancy, and three were imprisoned along with Elisabeth until 2008.
  • Li Hao: Raped six women as sex slaves and murdered two of them in underground dungeon from 2009 to 2011. Li Hao was executed in 2014 via the death penalty.
  • Jesse Timmendequas: A registered sex offender who lured Megan Kanka (see "Victims" section) to his house and then raped and murdered her.
  • Peter Tobin: British criminal with a long record, including convictions for two rapes, who was convicted of the rape and murder of a female Polish student in 2007. After this conviction, he was found guilty of the murders of two teenage girls who disappeared in 1991, and has reportedly claimed to have killed more than 40 other people.
  • Ottis Toole: Serial killer who confessed to multiple murders and rapes; believed to be the killer of Adam Walsh (see "Victims" section).
  • Don Vito: American reality television personality convicted of groping two 12-year-old girls in 2007.
  • Ariel Castro: Suspect in the Kidnappings of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight.
  • Chris Ortloff: Former New York Assemblyman and New York Parole Board member, sentenced August 9, 2010 to twelve years and six months in prison plus lifetime supervision and a US$50,000 fine, after pleading guilty to a federal felony charge of online enticement of minors.
  • John Wayne Gacy: American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 young men and teenage boys.
  • Dean Corll: American serial killer with at least 28 victims in the Houston area known as Houston Mass Murders. All included sexual assaults.
  • Elmer Wayne Henley: American serial killer & accomplice of Dean Corll involved in the crimes known as Houston Mass Murders. All included sexual assaults.
  • André Boisclair: Canadian former politician who pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on two young men.
  • Reynhard Sinaga: Indonesian student who was convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes of young men in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Sinaga raped or sexually assaulted at least 206 men, mainly heterosexuals. He is considered to be the most prolific rapist in British legal history.
  • Debra Lafave: School teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a student teenage boy.
  • Harvey Weinstein: Former film producer accused of sexual assault by more than 80 women. The allegations sparked the MeToo movement.
  • Jeffrey Epstein: Financier and serial sexual offender who was accused of sexually abusing numerous women and underage girls.
  • Ghislaine Maxwell: British socialite who trafficked women and underage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
  • John David Norman: American pedophile and sex trafficker known for his alleged ties to serial killers Dean Corll and John Wayne Gacy.
  • Brendan Smyth: Irish Catholic priest who sexually abused at least 143 children in Northern Ireland, Ireland and the United States.
  • Peter Scully: Australian pedophile accused of sexual assaults against 75 children in the Philippines.

Victims

  • Megan Kanka: raped and murdered by her neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas, in New Jersey in 1994. The murder attracted national attention and subsequently led to the introduction of "Megan's Law", which requires law enforcement to compile and make available to the public information on convicted sex offenders.
  • Polly Klaas: Kidnapped at age 12 from her California home in 1993. Richard Allen Davis, who had a criminal record dating to the late 1960s that included some sex crimes, was convicted of her murder.
  • Jessica Lunsford: Kidnapped at age 9 from her Florida home in 2005 and murdered by John Couey, a previously convicted sex offender. The Jessica's Laws passed in many U.S. states were inspired by her case.
  • Dru Sjodin: University of North Dakota student kidnapped in 2003 and found dead five months later. A registered sex offender was convicted of her murder.
  • Adam Walsh: Six-year-old boy kidnapped and murdered in 1981.
  • Jacob Wetterling: Kidnapped at age 11 from his Minnesota hometown in 1989. His body was discovered in 2016 after suspect Danny Heinrich led police to his burial site.
  • Jaycee Lee Dugard: Kidnapped for 18 years.
  • Virginia Giuffre: Victim of the sex trafficking ring of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Anti-sex trafficking activist.

Activists

  • John Walsh: Father of Adam Walsh and host of America's Most Wanted.
  • Patty Wetterling: Mother of Jacob Wetterling. Notable for opposing very broad registration laws that classify minor offenders on the same scale as high-risk predators.

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