RT Article
T1 The antiepistemology of organized abuse: Ignorance, exploitation, inaction
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 63
IS 1
SP 221
OP 237
A1 Salter, Michael 1980-
A2 Woodlock, Delanie
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839592168
AB Organized abuse, in which multiple adults sexually abuse multiple children, has an important role to play in the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) but has been relegated to the margins of criminological concern. This paper presents the findings of an international survey of 74 adults who described childhood victimization in CSAM and organized abuse, emphasizing the relationship between organized abuse and entrenched ignorance of it. The paper identifies the multiple zones, practices and structures of ignorance that render organized abuse unknowable and advocates for strategic forms of knowledge production in which ignorance features as a provocation towards information-seeking rather than as a defence mechanism against intolerable realities.
DO 10.1093/bjc/azac007