The Devil Goes to Day Care: McMartin and the Making of a Moral Panic

Journal of American Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  de Young, Mary ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937258674     PISSN: 15427331     EISSN: 1542734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-734X.1997.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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