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An edition of Moral Panic (1998)

Moral panic

changing concepts of the child molester in modern America

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It is commonly acknowledged that sexual abuse of children is a grave and pervasive problem and that child molesters are predators who compulsively repeat their crimes and have little hope of cure. Yet as recently as twenty years ago many experts viewed the problem as a far less serious one, declaring that molestation was very rare and that molesters were merely confused individuals unlikely to repeat their offenses.

Over the past century, opinion has fluctuated between these radically different perspectives. This timely book traces shifting social responses to adult sexual contacts with children, whether this involves molestation by strangers or incestuous acts by family members. The book explores how and why concern about the sexual offender has fluctuated in North America since the late nineteenth century.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
302

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Subjects

Child sexual abuse, United States, Child molesters, Psychology, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Kindermishandeling, Sexualdelikt, Seksuele mishandeling, Soziokultureller Faktor, Sexual Child Abuse, Paraphilic Disorders, Sexueller Missbrauch, Kinderporno, Child abuse, TRUE CRIME, General, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Sociology

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Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America
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Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America
1998, Yale University Press
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Moral panic: changing concepts of the child molester in modern America
1998, Yale University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-292) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
364.15/554/019
Library of Congress
HV6570.2 .J46 1998, HV6570.2.J46 1998, HV6570.2 .J46 1998eb

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Pagination
xii, 302 p. ;
Number of pages
302

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OL355121M
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ISBN 10
0300073879
LCCN
98014890
OCLC/WorldCat
47009017, 98014890, 38566093
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1910256
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3938768

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