I have some sympathies with those who believe that there should be options for longer sentences HOWEVER whilst it remains that those who continue to pose a risk to children are let out back into society, (usually because their sentences have come to an end,) they do have to be assessed and managed and the arrangements for doing so, whilst not perfect, are much more robust and often more successful than some here seem to think. Click here for reports in your area
As for these barstewards, I'm assuming from the reports, (perhaps wrongly?) that they did not have any previous convictions. If so, then any system that could have been put in place for informing the public about them could not have applied. We do need to keep our children safe from the unknown child sex offenders as well as the known ones. For known offenders, the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme is now up and running in many areas and will be operational in all areas by Spring 2011.