Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. NOTE ON USAGE xi
5. 1 Creating Facts 1
6. 2 Constructing Sex Crime, 1890-1934 20
7. 3 The Age of the Sex Psychopath, 1935-1957 49
8. 4 The Sex Psychopath Statutes 75
9. 5 The Liberal Era, 1958-1976 94
10. 6 The Child Abuse Revolution, 1976-1986 118
11. 7 Child Pornography and Pedophile Rings 145
12. 8 The Road to Hell: Ritual Abuse and Recovered Memory 164
13. 9 Full Circle: The Return of the Sexual Predator in the 1990$ 189
14. 10 A Cycle of Panic 215
15. Abbreviations 239
16. Notes 241
17. Index 293