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.[1][2][3][4]
| Author | Paul M. Renfro |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | 20th century American history, stranger danger |
| Publisher | Oxford University Pres |
Publication date | 2020 |
| Pages | 312 pp |
| ISBN | 0190914017 |
References
edit- ^ LaChance, Daniel (2020). "Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State . By Paul M. Renfro New York: Oxford University Press, 2020". Law & Society Review. 54 (4): 917–920. doi:10.1111/lasr.12507. ISSN 0023-9216.
- ^ Gacek, James (2021). "Book review: A 'State of Panic': A Review of Paul M Renfro's, Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State". Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal. 17 (3): 443–445. doi:10.1177/1741659020969487. ISSN 1741-6590.
- ^ Kaplan, Paul (2023). "Paul M Renfro, Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State". Punishment & Society. 25 (3): 811–813. doi:10.1177/14624745211056146. ISSN 1462-4745.
- ^ Mical, Raz (2021-12-31). "Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State". The English Historical Review. 136 (583): 1697–1699. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceab306. ISSN 0013-8266.