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HW24:

Short Answer Questions on
Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America

All assignments for this course are listed on the day assigned, not the day due. Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due by blackboard by classtime

 


WORTH: 2% of semester grade

DUE: 12/09 by blackboard by classtime

CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: NO

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hussein_sa_24.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 24

1) According to the author, why did the idea that children "must be believed" lead many, many people to believe in "Satanic Ritual Abuse" (SRA)? What, in particular, about children's accounts fostered belief in SRA?

2) How and why did prosecutors come to place credence in "flawed therapeutic evidence"?

3) Summarize clearly the media's role (as described by the author) in encouraging police, social workers, prosecutors, and other criminal justice professionals to believe in SRA?

4) How and why did belief in SRA encourage a belief in the validity of recovered memories of sexual abuse?

5) How and why did some peoples' memories of UFO abduction cast serious doubt on the accuracy of recovered memory of sexual abuse?