Journals Higher Education

$34.95

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Published: 01 June 2020

312 Pages | 25 hts

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

ISBN: 9780190913984


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Stranger Danger

Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State

Paul M. Renfro

  • Narrates high-profile cases of child abduction from the 1970s to today's AMBER Alerts, revealing how they helped generate a national panic over child safety
  • Connects the media frenzy over child abductions to the creation of new legal and cultural instruments designed to protect children and punish offenders
  • Demonstrates the significance of childhood in the construction of the carceral state and in American politics

$34.95

Hardcover

Published: 01 June 2020

312 Pages | 25 hts

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

ISBN: 9780190913984


Also Available As:

Ebook


Also Available In:


Bookseller Code (1A)

Stranger Danger

Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State

Paul M. Renfro

  • Narrates high-profile cases of child abduction from the 1970s to today's AMBER Alerts, revealing how they helped generate a national panic over child safety
  • Connects the media frenzy over child abductions to the creation of new legal and cultural instruments designed to protect children and punish offenders
  • Demonstrates the significance of childhood in the construction of the carceral state and in American politics

$34.95

Hardcover

Published: 01 June 2020

312 Pages | 25 hts

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

ISBN: 9780190913984


Also Available As:

Ebook


Also Available In:


Bookseller Code (1A)