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Abstract
Nowadays, not only life problems, but also deviance are being medicalized, which are considered less and less a mere violation of the rules, but rather a disease. Among sexual offenders, pedophiles occupy a special place, because there is also a biological aspect to the phenomenon. In addition, according to some studies, pedophile offenders have a high recidivism rate and problems that seem unmanageable to the law raise the need to find alternative solutions. Based on all this, the study seeks the answer to: should pedophilia be punished or treated?
Keywords
criminal law
criminology
pedophilia
sex offenders
chemical castration
medicalization
treatment of pedophiles