| Description |
xiii, 262 pages ; 24 cm |
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Social problems and social issues |
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Social problems and social issues.
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| Contents |
1. Approaching Social Problems. Social Problems. Explaining Witches. The Role of Interest Groups. Moral Panics. British Panics of the 1980s. Symbolic Politics. The Interdependence of Panics. The Book. The Mass Media. The Media and Social Problems -- 2. Britain. Politics and Government. Race and National Identity. Crime and Disorder. Reconstructing the Family. Feminism. The Politics of Gender. The Conservative Reaction. Morality and Permissiveness. The Pornography Issue. Religion. The New Fundamentalists -- 3. Sex Beasts and Serial Killers. Serial Murder in Britain. The Politics of Rape. Serial Rape. Official Responses to Rape. The Yorkshire Ripper. Serial Murder as Sexual Murder. Constructing Sexual Violence. The Feminist Analysis of Serial Murder. Anne Lock and Suzy Lamplugh. The Events of 1986. The Debate over National Policing. HOLMES -- 4. Preying on Children: Pedophilia and Child Murder. Inventing the Pedophile. The Pedophile Information Exchange (PIE) |
| Summary |
Jenkins' book traces how such problems were reformulated in the course of the decade, and how they came to be seen as major menaces to society. It discusses the motivations of those who knowingly or otherwise disseminated misleading and exaggerated claims, and seeks to explain why these claims gained such widespread credence. Jenkins suggests that these newly defined "problems" aroused concern because they focussed upon broadly-held fears about changes in British society and national identity. In addition, the alleged threats to children provided a weapon for various political groups in their campaigns: for conservatives opposed to perceived moral "permissiveness," and also for radical feminists seeking to promote an ideological agenda of their own |
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Intimate Enemies describes the creation of a journalistically induced panic in Great Britain during the the 1980s - a decade of intense concern about a closely related set of perceived problems: sexual abuse of children, child pornography, satanic rituals, and serial murder. It was widely alleged that such practices became more common during the decade, and the notoriety attracted major attention from the mass media, as well as from agencies in law enforcement, social welfare, and mental health |
| Analysis |
Child abuse Public opinion England |
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Crime Public opinion England |
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Cults Public opinion England |
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England Moral conditions Public opinion |
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Moral panics |
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Public opinion England |
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Sex customs Public opinion England |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index |
| Subject |
Child abuse -- England -- Public opinion.
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Child abuse -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
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Crime -- England -- Public opinion.
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Crime -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
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Cults -- England -- Public opinion.
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Cults -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
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Moral panics.
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Public opinion -- Great Britain.
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Public opinion -- England.
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Sex customs -- England -- Public opinion.
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Sex customs -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
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| SUBJECT |
England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Moral conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006096 -- Public opinion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218
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Great Britain -- Moral conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100292 -- Public opinion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218
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| LC no. |
92007171 |
| ISBN |
0202304353 |
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0202304361 |
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