title: Felonious sex crime: the possibility of unilateral cerebral irradiation for the offenders.
abstract: Some felonious sex crimes might result from compulsions that the perpetrator finds impossible to control. Under judicial systems derived from British law, the court should be extraordinarily careful in mandating any medical procedure. However, if a rapist or child molester voluntarily asks a physician for help, then medical ethics might allow destruction of part of the patient's brain for the purpose of controlling compulsive behaviour. The part of the human brain primarily associated with volition might be near the anterior cingulate sulcus. Could unilateral irradiation of an area near the anterior cingulate sulcus partially destroy the patient's volition? By leaving intact the patient's will based on language and by partially destroying the patient's will based on intuition, could the physician diminish the patient's will to commit felonious sex crimes? Would some patients reject chemical castration but accept unilateral irradiation of an area near the anterior cingulate sulcus?
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003192:Compulsive Behavior; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000523:psychology; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate