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In a maximum security mental health facility in Montreal is a "cave-like" virtual reality vault that's used to show images of child sexual abuse to sex offenders. Patients sit inside the vault with devices placed around their penises to measure signs of arousal as they are shown computer-generated animations of naked children.
"We do develop pornography, but these images and animations are not used for the pleasure of the patient but to assess them," said Patrice Renaud, who heads up the project at the Institut Philippe-Pinel. "It's a bit like using a polygraph but with other measurement techniques."
The system, combined with other psychological assessments, is used to build up a profile of the individual's sexual preferences that can be used by the court to determine the risk they pose to society and by mental health professionals to determine treatment.
[...] The patients sit on a stool inside the chamber wearing stereoscopic glasses which create the three-dimensional effect on the surrounding walls. The glasses are fitted with eye-tracking technology to ensure they aren't trying to trick the system by avoiding looking at the critical content.
Source: The Guardian
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @06:46PM (3 children)
Already convicted but the goal of the program seems to be rehabilitation. So they may still get excited but not act upon it. When measuring it's important to measure the relevant parameters. I'll see several women I'll like to bone every day, doesn't mean I'll initiate mating on the street.
Just like a computer with power supplied and OS installed doesn't equals to a working system ;)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @06:49PM (2 children)
If a person doesn't act detrimentally to having a device placed on his penis, then there's something wrong with him.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 08 2017, @07:12PM
What? Saying "Thank you, may I have some more" is considered detrimental now?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @07:13PM
Researchers might choose to skew the results by using devices similar to this: http://www.askmen.com/dating/product_guide/39_product_review.html [askmen.com]
Not researchers with integrity of course but with all that "publish or perish" don't be surprised if there are fewer and fewer of these...
;)