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Stranger Danger: A Conversation with Historian & Author Paul Renfro on March 5 (Zoom)

·February 16, 2021
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Join Paul Renfro as he discusses his book: Stranger Danger Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State (Oxford University Press, 2020). March 5 8:15 AM Pacific Time Click here…

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How the “Stranger Danger” Panic of the 1980s Helped Give Rise to Mass Incarceration

·May 18, 2020
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[jacobinmag.com - 5/18/20] The missing-child panic began with Etan Patz. Plenty of kids had gone missing before, but Etan’s case seemed specially designed to provoke a mass hysteria. In 1979,…

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Halloween and Stranger Danger

·November 1, 2019
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[bostonreview.net - 10/31/19] Do you believe in the boogeyman? This is the pivotal question of the Halloween movie franchise. The tension around naming the movies’ antagonist foregrounds the problem of…

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Dear Abby Says Never Take Your Eyes Off Your Kids Till They Are Old Enough To “Fight Off a Predator”

·January 3, 2018
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[letgrow.org] From last week’s Dear Abby comes this pointless fear-mongering: DEAR ABBY: My husband and I disagree about how to handle taking our children shopping with us. I believe that,…

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