More than 80 per cent of the work undertaken by digital forensics examiners deals with images of sexual abuse of children. While a growing body of literature analyses the emotional dimensions of coping with such material and the need to minimize exposure to it, less attention has been given to the day-to-day organizational arrangements in which such images are processed. Using ethnographic observations and interviews with practitioners, police officers and senior managers in four constabularies in England, this article examines the tension-ridden place for managing extensive contact with indecent images of children and argues that despite handling of transgressive material, digital forensic examiners distance themselves from imputations of being ‘dirty’ workers.

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脏活累活？监管数字取证中的在线猥亵行为

数字取证审查员进行的工作中有 80% 以上涉及对儿童进行性虐待的图像。虽然越来越多的文献分析了处理此类材料的情感维度以及尽量减少接触此类材料的必要性，但对处理此类图像的日常组织安排的关注较少。本文通过对英格兰四所警察的从业人员、警察和高级管理人员的人种学观察和采访，研究了管理与儿童不雅图像的广泛接触的紧张环境，并认为尽管处理违规材料，数字法医检查员仍保持距离来自对“肮脏”工人的指责。