Travis, A. (2010) Tories back plan to extend sex offenders checks. ‘Sarah’s law’ [online] 24 January. Available from Guardian [accessed 26 February 2010]. Table 1: A table showing the composition of the three different participant groups Group A Group B Group C Practitioners (13) Media (5) Academic ** (10) Police Editor Criminologist Participant[s] 1, 21, 22, 24 Participant[s] 4, 23 Participant[s] 2, 9, 20 All are police officers working The editors of two local/regional Lecturers in criminology at UK nationally (1), regionally (24) and newspapers; one in Northern universities; researching sex locally (21 & 22) on sex Ireland (23) and one in England crime/paedophilia, moral panics, the crime/paedophile units. (4) media and vigilantism (2, 9, 20). Probation Journalist Psychologist Participant[s] 25, 26 Participant[s] 3, 12 Participant[s] 6, 8 Both worked in the same probation They report for national Lecturers in psychology at UK (6) and unit, dealing with child sex broadsheets; with one also working Irish (8) universities; researching offenders in the community. in TV and doing research (3,) and mainly paedophilia and the media to a the other also writing for some lesser degree (6); as well as paedophilia redtops (12). and the internet (8). Therapists TV Reporter Media Studies Participant[s] 5, 15, 16 Participant[s] 17 Participant[s] 10 Working in a high secure sex Reports for a national TV station A lecturer in media at a UK university; offender unit (15); with the other [covering child sexual abuse i.e., researching media and sex crime. two (5, 16) having previous Sarah Payne, Holly Wells and experience done so, but now Jessica Chapman, and the Michael working independently. Jackson trail] Charities/NGO Sociology Participant[s] 11, 13, Participant[s] 7, 18, 19 27, 28* Lecturers in sociology at UK One participant works for national universities; researching risk (18); one for an children’s charity (13), childhood and child protection (18); international one (11) and two for a and moral panics (8).
Travis, A. (2010) Tories back plan to extend ‘Sarah’s law’ sex offenders checks. Guardian [online] 24 January. Available from [accessed 26 February 2010]. Table 1: A table showing the composition of the three different participant groups Group A Group B Group C Practitioners (13) Media (5) Academic ** (10) Police Participant[s] 1, 21, 22, 24 All are police officers working nationally (1), regionally (24) and locally (21 & 22) on sex crime/paedophile units. Editor Participant[s] 4, 23 The editors of two local/regional newspapers; one in Northern Ireland (23) and one in England (4) Criminologist Participant[s] 2, 9, 20 Lecturers in criminology at UK universities; researching sex crime/paedophilia, moral panics, the media and vigilantism (2, 9, 20). Probation Participant[s] 25, 26 Both worked in the same probation unit, dealing with child sex offenders in the community. Journalist Participant[s] 3, 12 They report for national broadsheets; with one also working in TV and doing research (3,) and the other also writing for some redtops (12). Psychologist Participant[s] 6, 8 Lecturers in psychology at UK (6) and Irish (8) universities; researching mainly paedophilia and the media to a lesser degree (6); as well as paedophilia and the internet (8). Therapists Participant[s] 5, 15, 16 Working in a high secure sex offender unit (15); with the other two (5, 16) having previous experience done so, but now working independently. TV Reporter Participant[s] 17 Reports for a national TV station [covering child sexual abuse i.e., Sarah Payne, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, and the Michael Jackson trail] Media Studies Participant[s] 10 A lecturer in media at a UK university; researching media and sex crime. Charities/NGO Participant[s] 11, 13, 27, 28* One participant works for national children’s charity (13), one for an international one (11) and two for a Sociology Participant[s] 7, 18, 19 Lecturers in sociology at UK universities; researching risk (18); childhood and child protection (18); and moral panics (8).
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