DetectableNinja's Tournament: Sex offenders should be sterilized/chemically castrated.

FrameworkThe resolution asks whether an action should be taken. In order to understand whether actions should be taken we must analyze their implications. The only way to clearly assess implications is to look through the lens of a specific policy-action. Thus, to affirm the resolution it my burden as the Pro to prove that a specific policy action dependent on the sterilization/chemical castration of sex offenders should be implemented. The burden of the Con is simply prove that this policy action should not be taken, or to propose a better, mutually-exclusive, alternative. Thus, I will be defending a plan of action, or a "plan" for short, and advocating that the implementation of this plan will provide several advantages that are preferable to the alternative options.Plan TextSex offenders in the United States will be sterilized until rehabilitated. Sterilization shall be achieved through the ongoing regular injections of Medroxyprogesterone acetate. The alternative option is prison for the current sentencing period.Advantage 1: RecidivismA. InherencyRecidivism rates are high for child molesters (1)."Recidivism is extremely high among child molesters; 75% are convicted more than once for sexually abusing young people"B. SolvencyChemical castration directly results in a dramatic drop in recidivism rates."When used as a mandatory condition of parole, chemical castration decreases the occurrence of repeat offenses from 75% to 2%" (1).Advantage 2: Cost-EffectivenessA. Cost of Chemical CastrationAnti-androgen injections costs vary from $160-450 per month (2).B Cost of Jail"It costs an average of about $47,000 per year to incarcerate an inmate in prison in California" (3).This equates to about $3,900 per month.C. Comparative AnalysisTo be fair, we must input the cost of supervising a parolee into the cost of Chemical Castration in order to have a fair and balanced analysis. The Executive Office of Public Safety and Security states (4),"The cost to supervise one parolee is $5,000 per year."That comes in at about $415 per month, plus the cost of anti-androgen injections. Assuming the most expensive anti-androgen, we are looking at a comparison of $815 per month for chemical castration as opposed to $3,900 per month per offender. In order to fully analyze the effect of this cost difference, we must look at the total expenses per year. There are 739,853 registered sex offenders in the United States. Once the math is done, we are looking at a $602,980,195 per month for chemical castration as opposed to $2,885,426,700 per month for incarceration. The difference becomes even more shocking at an annual level of $7,235,762,340 for chemical castration compared to $34,625,120,400 for incarceration. I believe that the economic benefit of chemical castration is obvious.UnderviewI will end my argument here as I do not know how my opponent will choose to respond to my case. These are just outlines of the advantages of chemical castration that may be expanded upon in the next round.Sources1. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu...2. http://www.enquirer.com...3. http://www.lao.ca.gov...4. http://www.mass.gov...5. http://www.missingkids.com...