Ross E Cheit

The Witch-Hunt Narrative

Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children

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Produktbeschreibung

The Witch-Hunt Narrative is a magisterial and empirically powerful account of the social dynamics that led, in the early 1990s, to widespread popular skepticism about the veracity of child sex abuse claims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 774g
• ISBN-13: 9780190465575
• ISBN-10: 0190465573
• Artikelnr.: 47863277

Autorenporträt

Ross E. Cheit is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Brown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part One:
The Rise of the Witch-Hunt Narrative
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Infamous Child Sexual Abuse Cases of the 1980s
Chapter 2 The McMartin Preschool Case (1983-1990)
Chapter 3 Scrutinizing the Evidence of a National "Witch Hunt"
Chapter 4 History Ignored: Silence, Denial and Minimization
Part One Conclusion
Part Two:
The Triumph of the Witch-Hunt Narrative
Chapter 5 The Turning Point: State v. Michaels
Chapter 6 Going to Extremes: State v. Fuster
Part Two Conclusion
Part Three:
Recent Developments
Chapter 7 The Legacy of the Witch-Hunt Narrative
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Notes
Acknowledgements