Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims

by 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,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226044254

ISBN13:9780226044255

Release Date:December 1990

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:239 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Abuse Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Self Help Self-Help Self-Help & Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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