We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s

by Richard Beck

Book Overview

A brilliant, disturbing portrait of the dawn of the culture wars, when America started to tear itself apart with doubts, wild allegations, and an unfounded fear for the safety of children. During the 1980s in California, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, day care workers were arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of committing horrible sexual crimes against the children they cared for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610392876
• ISBN13: 9781610392877
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"