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The Child at Risk - Paedophiles, Media Responses and Public Opinion (Hardcover)
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The Child at Risk - Paedophiles, Media Responses and Public Opinion (Hardcover)
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Paedophilia continues to be a public and emotive topic in
contemporary Britain which is capable of generating great and
varying levels of interest, concern and condemnation. The child at
risk charts these social responses and unravels their underlying
dynamics through detailed empirical research and theoretical
analysis. Anneke Meyer looks beyond the media and 'moral panics'
for explanations of emotive social responses and the paradox
pervading them (the paradox of increased regulation, of paedophiles
and children, coinciding with continuing popular concern). Drawing
on and developing a wide range of theoretical frameworks, the book
identifies a number of dynamics which produce concern and renders
regulation designed to reduce fears ineffective. These dynamics
include the moral rhetoric of childhood and the exposition of the
crisis of neo-liberalism and conceptualisations of 'the paedophile'
as a dangerous pervert. As a result the book points beyond its
immediate subject and furthers understanding in the areas of risk,
childhood and governance, as well as collective concerns and
emotions. It will be essential reading in sociology, media studies
and for those interested in media representation and governance. --
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