Paedophilia series - Life in jail will not address disorder

Today, the Irish Examiner begins the first of two articles on paedophilia in Ireland.

It is an extremely emotive subject that requires rational consideration.

All too often, public revulsion leads to people calling for paedophiles to be locked up and the key thrown away. While that would protect children from those paedophiles, it would drive the problem further underground and thereby expose other children.