Articles on Paedophile hunters

April 27, 2022

I spent three years in a paedophile hunting team – here’s what I learned

Mark de Rond, Cambridge Judge Business School

Paedophile hunting follows the archetype of the ‘hero’s journey’.

February 19, 2020

Mark Button, University of Portsmouth

Cyber security firms have sparked a revolution similar to the spread of private police forces.

January 22, 2019

Joe Purshouse, University of East Anglia

The ethical implications of putting vigilantes on the front line in the battle against child sex abuse.

Mark de Rond
Professor of Organisational Ethnography, Cambridge Judge Business School
Mark Button
Professor of Security and Fraud, University of Portsmouth
Joe Purshouse
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Justice, University of Sheffield