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posted by on Thursday June 08 2017, @06:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the think-of-the-children dept.

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


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday June 08 2017, @10:24PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday June 08 2017, @10:24PM (#522821) Journal

    Considering the fucked up state of US laws and their application. These people may simply be two underage persons convicted of having a relationship or the horror of sexting. So even the fallacy of assuming correct conviction goes away.

    As for the power issue. Maybe some clear and pedagogical education of adult courting and relationships right in school before puberty would be beneficial. That way adult relationships seems less intimidating and there will not be a fallback to the easy and abusive way out.

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