More and more these days our time spent in court involves hearing details of some of the most sickening and damaging acts of sexual abuse. We like to see justice done and hold the system to account when it is not. Local media covers the ongoings at court as a matter of course – and tradition. This is a way of keeping a long-lasting record of dangerous offenders – but it’s not the only way we keep track of some of society’s most deplorable criminals.