The Channel Project, run by the Association of Chief Police Officers and funded by the Home Office, has intervened in the case of around 200 children at risk of Islamic radicalisation, according to the chief constable of West Yorkshire, Sir Norman Bettison.
Children who have shown an interest in extremist material are given a "programme of intervention" that involves their family, outreach workers, the local imam and occasionally the police, Bettison said. The project has been running since 2007.
Liz Lovell, policy adviser with the Children's Society, said: "All reasonable steps need to be taken to reduce the likelihood of terrorism but at the same time we need to be careful to respect children's privacy and to ensure children are not labelled as potential trouble makers from an early age.
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