Still Blaming Children: Youth Conduct and the Politics of Child Hating (2nd Edition)

by Bernard Schissel

The media-enhanced moral panic surrounding youth has continued unabated over the past two decades. Its form and substance varies, but the politics of blaming and exploiting children underlies it all. Despite the reality that rates for most youth crime have gone down, the public condemnation of youth, especially through the news media, continue unabated, and the position of children and youth in our societies is still as precarious as ever. Put bluntly,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552661865
• ISBN13: 9781552661864
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"