102. Paedophile Hunters: Do vigilantes help or harm justice?
Convicted child sex offender Mark Sutherland is confronted on camera about his online grooming behaviour. But is the 鈥渟ting鈥� effective?
Convicted child sex offender Mark Sutherland has arranged to meet a 13 year-old boy at a bus station, but when he arrives a team of adult 鈥減aedophile hunters鈥� greet him with a video camera.
In this episode of Bad People, hosts Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen explore vigilante justice. What right, if any, do these 鈥渉unters鈥� have to track down sex offenders? When text messaging, do people have a right to privacy? And do sex offender registries make us safer or just more scared?
CREDITS
Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen
Producer: Laura Northedge
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ward
Editors: Anna Lacey and Richard Collings
Music: Matt Chandler
Production Coordinator: Jonathan Harris
Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
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