Satan's Silence

by Nathan, Debbie; Snedeker, Michael R.

• ISBN13: 9780465071807
• ISBN10: 0465071805
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Communities throughout the United States were convulsed in the 1980s by accusations, often without a shred of serious evidence that respectable men and women in their midst—many of them trusted preschool teachers—secretly gathered in far-reaching conspiracies to rape and terrorize children. In this powerful book, Debbie Nathan and Mike Snedeker examine the forces fueling this blind panic.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Best of Intentions	p. 11
Demonology	p. 29
Three Beginnings: Mary Ann Barbour	p. 53
Judy Johnson and the Mcmartin Preschool	p. 67
Chaos in Kern County	p. 93
A Plague and Its Healers	p. 107
Accusations	p. 137
Confessions	p. 160
The Medical Evidence	p. 178
Extraordinary Laws	p. 200
Silences Broken, Silences Made	p. 221
Toward Real Child Protection	p. 245
Notes	p. 255
Index	p. 305
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