To protect children from sexual abuse we need to talk to potential offenders | Tom Squire

Engaging with people who look at sexual images of children is vital if we want to prevent these awful crimes

The Channel 4 programme Married to a Paedophile, screened earlier this week, offered a compelling insight into two men arrested for looking at sexual images of children – and the devastating impact on their families.

It was a gripping documentary, not least because it offered a rare glimpse of how two men, on the face of it living utterly unremarkable lives, could end up spending hours at a time downloading images showing the sexual abuse of children.

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