Chemistry and term

The Investigative Committee has already developed a bill on the chemical castration of pedophiles. Legislators were afraid of judicial errors and therefore did not introduce the norm on chemical castration into the law. However, the problem is not in the rigidity of the law, but in its execution.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation proposes to apply chemical castration to people who have committed crimes against sexual integrity of minors, on Thursday the chairman of the UK, Alexander Bastrykin.

“We consider it necessary to use chemical castration to persons who have committed sexual crimes against minors,” Bastrykin said, speaking at a meeting of the Public Chamber in connection with the crimes against minors who have recently occurred.

He emphasized that castration should not replace the punishment, and emphasized that it is necessary to apply it, in his opinion, only to those who have committed a sexual crime against minors.

The head of the Investigative Committee specified that chemical castration is not irreversible.

According to Bastrykin, the Investigative Committee developed the draft federal law "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the prevention of crimes against the sexual integrity of minors." The bill was also developed on the basis of an analysis of foreign practice.

Disputes about chemical castration began from the very start of pedaling the topic of tightening the punishment for pedophiles. In 2009, at the insistence of the President, the Duma significantly strengthened the punishment for crimes (including sexual nature) against minors. The parliamentary opposition then christened the Law of Propedofilsky, demanding even more to tighten the punishment. United Russia, who did not have such an instruction, referred to the risks of a judicial error when applying chemical castration.

If the Investigative Committee claims, this, of course, does not mean that the decision will be made. However, a large application for the use of chemical castration for pedophiles has been made.

Fear of judicial error is a really strong argument against chemical castration.

While the judicial system in Russia is the same as it is, the risk of committing - free or involuntarily - the mistake is quite large. In this case, an innocent person will suffer. SK to this corresponds to this that “this is not forever” and seems to be removed by the question.

The problem that seems to be removed by chemical castration is the threat of relapse, when the pedophile who left prison in no way corrected. There is a common problem here - the Russian penitentiary system does not work at all for correction, and the prisoner practically completely ceases to interest the state after liberation. Rehabilitation is practically absent.

In the broad sense of the word, violence against minors is not limited to the problem of pedophilia and toughening on a particular case of sexual violence - not a solution to the problem, but a conversion of conversation in a different direction.

The adoption of strict laws does not mean a correction of the situation. The main problem in law enforcement, which often suffers in Russia. The President is very pleased with the new anti -corruption legislation - but it does not work. The same - there is a risk - it will be with the fight against violence against children.