The Child at Risk: Paedophiles, Media Responses and Public Opinion - Couverture rigide

Meyer, Anneke

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719073448 ISBN 13 : 9780719073441

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Paedophilia continues to be a public and emotive topic in contemporary Britain which is capable of generating great and varying levels of interest, concern and condemnation. The child at risk charts these social responses and unravels their underlying dynamics through detailed empirical research and theoretical analysis. Anneke Meyer looks beyond the media and 'moral panics' for explanations of emotive social responses and the paradox pervading them (the paradox of increased regulation, of paedophiles and children, coinciding with continuing popular concern). Drawing on and developing a wide range of theoretical frameworks, the book identifies a number of dynamics which produce concern and renders regulation designed to reduce fears ineffective. These dynamics include the moral rhetoric of childhood and the exposition of the crisis of neo-liberalism and conceptualisations of 'the paedophile' as a dangerous pervert. As a result the book points beyond its immediate subject and furthers understanding in the areas of risk, childhood and governance, as well as collective concerns and emotions. It will be essential reading in sociology, media studies and for those interested in media representation and governance. -- .

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anneke Meyer is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Durham

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719073448
• ISBN 13: 9780719073441
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible