Beyond Tolerance
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Beyond Tolerance by Philip Jenkins
Jenkins looks at the first amendment and how it should be applied to child pornography on the internet.
A useful introduction to the methods that the kiddie-porn community uses to hide its activities * The Washington Monthly(Nov2001) *
There is much of value in Jenkins work. He manages to discuss CP calmly, while at the same time making clear his personal revulsion, an achievement in itself in an area characterized by so much hysteria. * The Journal of Sex Research *
Magnificently readable social science on a widely misunderstood subject. * Booklist *
This is a troubling book that exposes how child pornography has found a safe haven on the Internet. Philip Jenkinss innovative research methods let him explore and map the secret electronic networks that link individuals whose deviance seems not just outrageous, but incomprehensible. Jenkins shows how culture and social structure emerge in a virtualand decidedly not virtuousworld. This book raises profound questions about the nature of deviance in an electronic future. -- Joel Best,University of Delaware
A detailed yet engaging account. . . . Engrossing * Liberty(Jan. 2002) *
There is much of value in Jenkins work. He manages to discuss CP calmly, while at the same time making clear his personal revulsion, an achievement in itself in an area characterized by so much hysteria. * The Journal of Sex Research *
Magnificently readable social science on a widely misunderstood subject. * Booklist *
This is a troubling book that exposes how child pornography has found a safe haven on the Internet. Philip Jenkinss innovative research methods let him explore and map the secret electronic networks that link individuals whose deviance seems not just outrageous, but incomprehensible. Jenkins shows how culture and social structure emerge in a virtualand decidedly not virtuousworld. This book raises profound questions about the nature of deviance in an electronic future. -- Joel Best,University of Delaware
A detailed yet engaging account. . . . Engrossing * Liberty(Jan. 2002) *
Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous books including Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in America and Synthetic Panics: The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs, available from NYU Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814742631 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814742637 |
| Title | Beyond Tolerance |
| Author | Philip Jenkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New York University Press |
| Year published | 2003-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
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