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Hooded figure using a laptop computer

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

12 May 2022

Professor Mark de Rond from Cambridge Judge Business School discusses his three years embedded with one of the UK's most prolific paedophile hunting...

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A room in a young offenders institute

History shows abuse of children in custody will remain an ‘inherent risk’ – report

18 Oct 2018

New research conducted for the current independent inquiry suggests that – despite recent policy improvements – cultures of child abuse are liable to...

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in the shadows

Investigating child abuse: how interview training really matters

05 Apr 2013

Gathering evidence from children about alleged sex abuse is problematic. Research shows that when interviewers are trained in a protocol that favours...

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