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Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State is a 2020 history book by American historian Paul M. Renfro. The book investigates the development of the "interlocking myths of stranger danger" in the 1970s and 1980s and their effects on American law and culture, including their influence over family values and social attitudes toward LGBT people.
Media stories have often exaggerated the risk of "stranger danger" by emphasizing rare and isolated incidents. [11] [12] Especially regarding child sexual abuse, the greatest risk comes from members of the child's family. Nevertheless, "stranger danger" is more likely to be the focus of news headlines and education campaigns. [13]
[5] [2] The panic popularized the misleading claim that 1.5 million children per year disappeared or were abducted in the United States, [1] [6] [7] [4] introduced the stranger danger narrative into public discourse [6] [7] and intensified tropes relating to the sexual predation and murder of boys by homosexuals in American culture, especially ...
Jan. 9—LIMA — Sometimes a game is not only a game, especially when that game is online. Online gaming is often a means of escape, allowing the game player to unwind after a day at work or ...
A Florida woman who allegedly snatched a three-year-old boy from his fenced-in yard and ran off down the street last week told the cops she shouldn’t be arrested because she “gave it back ...
In December 1984/January 1985, [inconsistent] [2] the nonprofit National Child Safety Council began a nationwide program called the Missing Children Milk Carton Program in the United States of putting photos of missing children on milk cartons. By March 1985, 700 of 1600 independent dairies in the United States had adopted the practice of ...
Thus, if caretakers/parents demonstrate negative behavior, like facial expressions, verbal communications, or physical retractions, towards strangers, children with autism will often imitate this behavior. Although children with ASD often have difficulty with imitation, children are often taught that strangers are "dangerous".
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