Dr Joe Purshouse

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Joe Purshouse is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Justice at the University of Sheffield. His research interests are criminal justice, criminal process, facial recognition technology, AI, online child abuse activism, citizen-led policing, and privacy. His recent publications include Automated facial recognition and policing: a Bridge too far? (2021), and ‘Paedophile hunters’, criminal procedure, and fundamental human rights (2020). He is a member of the Centre for Criminological Research.