{"product_id":"threatened-children-joel-best-9780226044262","title":"Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims","description":"Child abuse, incest, child molestation, Halloween sadism, child pornography: although clearly not new problems, they have attracted more attention than ever before. \u003ci\u003eThreatened Children\u003c\/i\u003e 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, and expanding definitions it confronts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from criminal justice records to news stories, from urban legends to public opinion surveys, Best reveals how the cultural construction of social problems evolves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226044262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226044262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.52w x 0.58d","brand":"Joel Best","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056651563263,"sku":"9780226044262","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5475e3d4-d147-4896-aa93-9342b5f415ed.jpg?v=1685042507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/threatened-children-joel-best-9780226044262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}