Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America
Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America
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道德恐慌：现代美国儿童性骚扰者观念的转变
DOI：
10.2307/2567140
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
P. Jenkins.
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作者：
P. Jenkins.
人们普遍认为，对儿童的性虐待是一个严重而普遍的问题，猥亵儿童者是掠夺者，他们会不由自主地重复犯罪，而且治愈的希望渺茫。然而，就在二十年前，许多专家认为这一问题远没有那么严重，他们宣称性骚扰非常罕见，性骚扰者只是一些糊涂的人，不太可能再犯同样的罪行。在过去的一个世纪里，人们的观点在这些截然不同的观点之间摇摆不定。这本及时的书追踪了社会对成人与儿童性接触的反应变化，无论这涉及陌生人的骚扰还是家庭成员的乱伦行为。该书探讨了自十九世纪末以来北美对性犯罪者的关注如何以及为何波动。
It is commonly acknowledged that sexual abuse of children is a grave and pervasive problem and that child molesters are predators who compulsively repeat their crimes and have little hope of cure. Yet as recently as twenty years ago many experts viewed the problem as a far less serious one, declaring that molestation was very rare and that molesters were merely confused individuals unlikely to repeat their offenses. Over the past century, opinion has fluctuated between these radically different perspectives. This timely book traces shifting social responses to adult sexual contacts with children, whether this involves molestation by strangers or incestuous acts by family members. The book explores how and why concern about the sexual offender has fluctuated in North America since the late nineteenth century.