The witch-hunt narrative : politics, psychology, and the sexual abuse of children /
Cheit, Ross E.,
The witch-hunt narrative : politics, psychology, and the sexual abuse of children / Ross E. Cheit. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Child sexual abuse became part of the public discourse in 1984 with a series of high-profile criminal cases involving day-care centres, many of which were eventually seen as 'witch-hunts'. Under this view, the charges were the result of suggestive interviewing, over-zealous prosecutors, and a gullible press. This is the first scholarly book to challenge that view. Based on fifteen years of original trial court research, it argues that the evidence for the witch-hunt narrative is weak at best, in many cases ignoring significant evidence of abuse and in others ignoring complexity.
9780199355853 (ebook) : No price
Child sexual abuse--History--United States--20th century.
Child sexual abuse--Investigation--History--United States--20th century.
HV6570.2
362.76097309045
The witch-hunt narrative : politics, psychology, and the sexual abuse of children / Ross E. Cheit. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Child sexual abuse became part of the public discourse in 1984 with a series of high-profile criminal cases involving day-care centres, many of which were eventually seen as 'witch-hunts'. Under this view, the charges were the result of suggestive interviewing, over-zealous prosecutors, and a gullible press. This is the first scholarly book to challenge that view. Based on fifteen years of original trial court research, it argues that the evidence for the witch-hunt narrative is weak at best, in many cases ignoring significant evidence of abuse and in others ignoring complexity.
9780199355853 (ebook) : No price
Child sexual abuse--History--United States--20th century.
Child sexual abuse--Investigation--History--United States--20th century.
HV6570.2
362.76097309045