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Not Monsters
Analyzing the Stories of Child Molesters
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2005
Summary
In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst. Yet our children face more risk from people they know than from terrorists they have never met. An estimated one in five girls and one in ten boys in the United States experience some form of sexual abuse by age eighteen. What could possibly motivate a person to molest a child? Not Monsters documents the stories of nine convicted child molesters through one-on-one interviews, listening to what offenders have to say about their crimes and exploring the roots of these behaviors from a social constructionist perspective. Their words paint a compelling and frightening portrait of how sexual abuse works in Western culture to perpetuate a political and social system of dominance and control.
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Copyright year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-3058-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4039-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
225
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Acknowledgments No access
Preface No access
Chapter 1 The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 2 "Truth" and the Social Construction of Child Sexual Abuse No access Pages 27 - 50
