Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims - Couverture souple

Best, Joel

Couverture souple

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.

A propos du livre

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.

Détails de l'édition

• 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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• Personne responsable: non disponible