Paedophiles should not be prosecuted for watching child porn and should be put on 'diversion courses' instead, new report says

Paedophiles caught viewing child sex abuse images should not be prosecuted, a controversial report has recommended. Under the plan, police would be told to let thousands of offenders who look at indecent photographs and films of youngsters online off the hook by sending them to workshops instead of being taken to court. Offenders would be placed on 'diversion courses' - similar to drink-driving awareness programmes. The proposal, backed by the new Victims' Commissioner Dame Vera Baird, is intended to ease the strain on the creaking criminal justice system.

source: Article 'Paedophiles should not be prosecuted for watching child porn and should be put on 'diversion courses' instead, new report says' by Sophie Borland & Ian Drury; www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7122361/Paedophiles-not-prosecuted-watching-child-porn-new-report-says.html; Daily Mail Online; 10 June 2019