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Zusatztext But what if the skeptics went too far? What if some of the children were really abused? And what if the legacy of these cases is a disturbing tendency to disbelieve children who say they are being molested? Those are the questions that frame this new book by Ross E. Cheit, a political scientist at Brown University who spent nearly 15 years on research, poring over old trial transcripts and interview tapes. Informationen zum Autor Ross E. Cheit is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Brown University. Klappentext The Witch-Hunt Narrative is a magisterial and empirically powerful account of the social dynamics that led, in the early 1990s, to widespread popular skepticism about the veracity of child sex abuse claims. Zusammenfassung The Witch-Hunt Narrative is a magisterial and empirically powerful account of the social dynamics that led, in the early 1990s, to widespread popular skepticism about the veracity of child sex abuse claims. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part One: The Rise of the Witch-Hunt Narrative Chapter 1 Introduction: The Infamous Child Sexual Abuse Cases of the 1980s Chapter 2 The McMartin Preschool Case (1983-1990) Chapter 3 Scrutinizing the Evidence of a National "Witch Hunt " Chapter 4 History Ignored: Silence, Denial and Minimization Part One Conclusion Part Two: The Triumph of the Witch-Hunt Narrative Chapter 5 The Turning Point: State v. Michaels Chapter 6 Going to Extremes: State v. Fuster Part Two Conclusion Part Three: Recent Developments Chapter 7 The Legacy of the Witch-Hunt Narrative Acknowledgments Bibliographic Notes Acknowledgements
