Threatened Children

Name: Threatened Children
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Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims

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Joel Best

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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.

Author Biography:

Joel Best is professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Release date Australia

May 1st, 1993

Author

Joel Best

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

239

Dimensions

14x21x2

ISBN-13

9780226044262

Product ID

7118575

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