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Castration as a Sentence for minor crime [message #53494]

Tue, 23 September 2008 20:41

timmy

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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I'm watching a BBC documentary on anger at the moment. One participant stated that, in the 1930s, castration had been used as a punishment for minor crimes such as, he said, shoplifting, and, in some cases, for masturbation.

I was thinking Nazi Germany.

He said it was the USA.

I have headed for Google with no success to find documentation to back up the claim. I can't discount it because the BBC has no reason to be lying over this, but I can't find any citations either.

Anyone better at Googling than I am able to help me?

I'm not looking for "rights and wrongs" though a discussion is obviously fine! I'm just looking for a citation in a reliable source.

Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School

		Castration as a Sentence for minor crime By: timmy on Tue, 23 September 2008 20:41
		Re: Castration as a Sentence for minor crime By: NW on Tue, 23 September 2008 20:52
		Re: Castration as a Sentence for minor crime By: timmy on Tue, 23 September 2008 21:13
		Re: Castration as a Sentence for minor crime By: NW on Tue, 23 September 2008 21:35
		Re: Castration as a Sentence for minor crime By: unsui on Wed, 24 September 2008 02:33

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