Wearside Sex Cautions

News a little closer to home comes in the form of this story in the Sunderland Echo today. According to the paper 'hundreds of Wearsiders have been given cautions for sexual offences.' They point to these offenders being given a caution and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The paper and the Kidscape commentator don't seem to realise just how serious and life changing being placed on the Sex offenders Register can be. The story notes that the offenders are as young as ten but we don't know what that ten year old is on there for. It's very easy to jump to conclusions in such a sensitive area as sex offending but we need to start having a much more mature, measured and informed discussion of this complex and important area.

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