Dirty Work? Policing On-line Indecency in Digital Forensics
dc.contributor.author | Wilson-Kovacs, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Rappert, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Redfern, L | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-01T14:25:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-21 | |
dc.description.abstract | More than 80% 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 minimise exposure to it, less attention has been given to the day-to-day organisational 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. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Academy | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 21 June 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/bjc/azab055 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ES/R00742X/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | SG170548 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/125903 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.subject | digital forensics | en_GB |
dc.subject | police | en_GB |
dc.subject | indecent images of children | en_GB |
dc.subject | virtual dirt | en_GB |
dc.title | Dirty Work? Policing On-line Indecency in Digital Forensics | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-01T14:25:19Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-0955 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Oxford University Press via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | British Journal of Criminology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-05-26 | |
exeter.funder | ::British Academy | en_GB |
exeter.funder | ::Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-05-26 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-06-01T12:44:25Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-07-12T14:45:57Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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