'Paedophile Hunters', Criminal Procedure, and Fundamental Human Rights.

'Paedophile hunters' have attracted global media attention. The limited literature on paedophile hunters, which documents their emergence in contemporary liberal democracies, pays scant attention to how their use of intrusive investigative methods may threaten the procedural rights of suspects and u...

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Publicado en:Journal of Law & Society Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 384 - 412
Autor principal: Purshouse, Joe
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2020
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