Mohanty Kailash C
Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK.
Int J STD AIDS. 2008 May;19(5):332-4. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007212.
The definition of the age of young offenders was changed by an Act of Parliament (The Crime and Disorder Act 1998), which was implemented by the Home Office on 1 April 2000. This Act brought down the upper-age limit of young offenders from 20 to 17. Our objective was to investigate the sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among this redefined group of young offenders. Among various types of STIs, we observed that a significant number of young prisoners had complaints of testicular lumps (35%), which were not reported in the past. We tried to find out the reason for this common complaint and believe that this was due to extra vigilance, and testicular self-examination in conjunction with sex and relationship programmes which ran alongside other programmes developed as a joint venture by Prisoner Learning and Skills Unit, Prison Health Policy Unit and Sex Education Forum.
议会法案（《1998年犯罪与 Disorder 法案》）对青少年罪犯的年龄定义进行了修改，该法案于2000年4月1日由内政部实施。这项法案将青少年罪犯的年龄上限从20岁降至17岁。我们的目标是调查这一重新定义的青少年罪犯群体中的性传播感染（STIs）情况。在各类性传播感染中，我们观察到大量年轻囚犯有睾丸肿块的主诉（35%），而过去并未有过相关报告。我们试图找出这一常见主诉的原因，并认为这是由于额外的警惕性，以及结合了性与关系项目的睾丸自我检查，这些项目与囚犯学习与技能部门、监狱健康政策部门以及性教育论坛联合开展的其他项目一同实施。
