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Best, Joel

 
9780226044262: Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims
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ISBN 10 : 0226044262 ISBN 13 : 9780226044262
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1993

Synopsis

Child abuse, incest, child molestation, Halloween sadism, child pornography: although clearly not new problems, they have attracted more attention than ever before. Threatened Children asks why. Joel Best analyzes the rhetorical tools used by child advocates when making claims aimed at raising public anxiety and examines the media's role in transmitting reformers' claims and the public's response to the frightening statistics, compelling examples, and expanding definitions it confronts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from criminal justice records to news stories, from urban legends to public opinion surveys, Best reveals how the cultural construction of social problems evolves.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joel Best is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. He previously taught at Concordia College-Moorhead, California State University-Fresno, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226044262
ISBN 13 
9780226044262
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
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