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| 'Action not jail' for paedophiles | 'Action not jail' for paedophiles |
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| Child sex offenders should be encouraged to seek treatment rather than threatened with jail terms, the police's child protection chief says. | Child sex offenders should be encouraged to seek treatment rather than threatened with jail terms, the police's child protection chief says. |
| Jim Gamble, of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), says answers need to be found outside the criminal justice system. | Jim Gamble, of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), says answers need to be found outside the criminal justice system. |
| He believes some paedophiles, including child pornography offenders, can be dealt with in the community. | He believes some paedophiles, including child pornography offenders, can be dealt with in the community. |
| Correspondents say his arguments are likely to be controversial. | Correspondents say his arguments are likely to be controversial. |
| We shouldn't be sending everyone that ever commits an offence - particularly of the viewing kind - to prison Jim Gamble, CEOP Men 'avoid volunteering' | We shouldn't be sending everyone that ever commits an offence - particularly of the viewing kind - to prison Jim Gamble, CEOP Men 'avoid volunteering' |
| Mr Gamble said the information flow on paedophilia has increased since CEOP was established a year ago. | |
| Some offenders should receive a police caution and then be managed within the community - not by resorting to jail terms, Mr Gamble said. | Some offenders should receive a police caution and then be managed within the community - not by resorting to jail terms, Mr Gamble said. |
| "We shouldn't be sending everyone that ever commits an offence - particularly of the viewing kind - to prison," he said. | "We shouldn't be sending everyone that ever commits an offence - particularly of the viewing kind - to prison," he said. |
| "There are people who have been dealt with by police caution, who can be dealt with successfully in a way that allows them to maintain their lives and their families." | "There are people who have been dealt with by police caution, who can be dealt with successfully in a way that allows them to maintain their lives and their families." |
| The CEOP was launched in April 2006 to tackle child sex abuse in the UK, both on the internet and offline. | The CEOP was launched in April 2006 to tackle child sex abuse in the UK, both on the internet and offline. |