Threatened Children
Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims

239 pages
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2 line drawings
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 1990
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Table of Contents

Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
1. The Rise of the Child-Victim
2. Rhetoric in Claims about Missing Children
3. The Numbers Game: Statistics as Claims
4. Definition, Typification, and Domain Expansion
5. Network News as Secondary Claims
6. Popular Culture as Secondary Claims
7. Fears and Folklore
8. Concern and Public Opinion
9. Competing in the Social Problems Marketplace
Notes
Appendix: Recent Fiction about Threats to Children
References
Index
Acknowledgments
1. The Rise of the Child-Victim
2. Rhetoric in Claims about Missing Children
3. The Numbers Game: Statistics as Claims
4. Definition, Typification, and Domain Expansion
5. Network News as Secondary Claims
6. Popular Culture as Secondary Claims
7. Fears and Folklore
8. Concern and Public Opinion
9. Competing in the Social Problems Marketplace
Notes
Appendix: Recent Fiction about Threats to Children
References
Index
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