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ENGLAND - Sex offender register doesn't protect much

View the article here06/12/2008LIVERPOOL (UPI) -- Britain's Sex Offenders Register is failing to protect vulnerable children, a psychologist at the University of Liverpool says.The researchers say police are using resources to combat Internet sex offenses, which are easier to secure convictions, while the majority of men alleged to have directly sexually abused a child are still avoiding prosecution.Forensic child psychologist Kevin Browne says that only one in 10 men alleged to have committed a sex offense with a child is on the Sex Offenders Register."This makes the debate on notifying communities of registered sex offenders meaningless," Browne says in a statement. "But U.K. research shows that only 6 percent of those arrested are linked to the much more severe sexual assaults on children...continue to full post

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