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‘Paedophile Hunters’: Practitioner Perspectives
Probation Journal Pub Date : 2022-02-07 , DOI: 10.1177/02645505211070084
Laura Frampton 1
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The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) position on Online Child Abuse Activist Groups (OCAGs), more commonly referred to as ‘paedophile hunters’, is that their motivation should be questioned since there is no positive advantage to policing. The problematic nature and inaccuracy of the term ‘paedophile hunter’ will be explored within this article, but the term is widely used in practice. Such activism increases risk to potential victims, the suspect and to the efficiency and effectiveness of criminal justice processes ( NPCC, 2018). The Probation Service (PS) have no formal position regarding the activity. Yet public fascination with those convicted of sexual offences against children and the appetite for naming and shaming these individuals is not a new phenomenon. The rise in popularity of the internet and the surge in content available online is more recent, and so is the problem of threat exceeding capacity. But what are the views of practitioners on this issue? Using in-depth qualitative interviews with police and probation practitioners, this paper examines how ‘paedophile hunting’ activity has become a concept in the management of sexual offending in England and Wales, and for the first time, reveals the views and attitudes of professionals working on the front line.



中文翻译:

“恋童癖猎人”:从业者的观点

国家警察局长委员会 (NPCC) 对在线虐待儿童活动组织 (OCAG)(通常称为“恋童癖猎人”)的立场是,他们的动机应该受到质疑,因为警察没有积极的优势。本文将探讨“恋童癖猎人”一词的问题性质和不准确性,但该词在实践中被广泛使用。这种激进主义增加了潜在受害者、嫌疑人以及刑事司法程序的效率和有效性的风险(NPCC,2018 年)。缓刑服务 (PS) 没有关于该活动的正式立场。然而,公众对那些对儿童实施性犯罪的人的迷恋以及对这些人的点名和羞辱的兴趣并不是一个新现象。互联网的普及和在线可用内容的激增是最近才出现的,威胁超出容量的问题也是如此。但是从业者对这个问题有什么看法呢?本文通过对警察和缓刑从业人员的深入定性访谈,研究了“恋童癖狩猎”活动如何成为英格兰和威尔士性犯罪管理的一个概念,并首次揭示了从业人员的观点和态度在前线。

更新日期:2022-02-07
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