Helping sex offenders stop offending

A pioneering German project works with people with a sexual interest in children to help them control their urges and prevent them offending.

The problem of what to do about self- acknowledged sex offenders outside of the criminal justice system is worldwide and, so far, solutions have been thin on the ground.

All eyes have been on Germany, where a pioneering project works with people with a sexual interest in children to help them control their urges and prevent them offending or, at least, reoffending.