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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Mark de Rond
Mark de Rond
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University of Cambridge
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Summary

In the context of a sting of an old man who’d been abusing his granddaughter and is confronted by COBRA, this chapter introduces a key question that the book seeks to answer: Why do paedophile hunters persist with extreme methods (of publicly exposing suspected paedophiles) when less harmful alternatives are easily available?

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Sting of an old manharmful consequences of stingskey question for the book
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Dark Justice
Inside the World of Paedophile Hunters
 , pp. 38 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Mark de Rond, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Dark Justice
  • Online publication: 07 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009457026.006
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  • Mark de Rond, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Dark Justice
  • Online publication: 07 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009457026.006
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  • Chapter
  • Mark de Rond, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Dark Justice
  • Online publication: 07 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009457026.006
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