Mary De Young

Biographic Data

ID4178603
NAMEMary De Young
GIVEN NAMESMary
FAMILY NAMEDe Young
SIGNATUREDE YOUNG M
AFFILIATIONSGrand Valley State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX1

  • Moral Entrepreneur

    Open AccessMary De YoungOTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2017

    A moral entrepreneur takes on the task of protecting society from alleged threats to its moral order. Whether as a rule‐creator or as a rule‐enforcer, a moral entrepreneur uses public fora, the international media, and social media to advance an agenda. More than just a “meddling busybody,” a moral entrepreneur plays a significant role in the social construction of a social problem, the fomenting of a social movement, as well as in a moral crusad…

  • The Day Care Ritual Abuse Moral Panic

    Open AccessMary De YoungARTICLESociology Compass2008Cited by: 2References: 6

    A new type of sex crime was discovered in the United States in the 1980s – the sexual abuse of young children in ghastly rituals performed by devil worshippers who happened to be their day care providers. ‘Ritual abuse’, as this new sex crime came to be termed, appeared to be epidemic during that decade; hundreds of day care centers were investigated and scores of providers were arrested and prosecuted. This article asserts that the day care ritu…

  • Moral Entrepreneur

    Open AccessMary De YoungOTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2007

    A moral entrepreneur is an individual, group, or formal organization that takes on the responsibility of persuading society to develop or to enforce rules that are consistent with its own ardently held moral beliefs. Moral entrepreneurs may act as rule creators by crusading for the passage of rules, laws, and policies against behaviors they find abhorrent, or as rule enforcers by administering and implementing them. Although these are different a…

  • The Devil Goes to Day Care

    Open AccessMary De YoungARTICLEJournal of American Culture1997

  • Breeders for Satan

    Open AccessMary De YoungARTICLEJournal of American Culture1996

  • A conceptual model for judging the truthfulness of a young child's allegation of sexual abuse

    Mary De YoungARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry1986References: 24

    Because of the increased number of allegations of sexual abuse made by young children and the often severe legal penalties given to adult perpetrators, there is reason for concern about false or mistaken accusations. This paper develops a conceptual model for judging the truthfulness of such allegations by a young child

  • Ethics and the 'Lunatic Fringe

    Mary De YoungARTICLEHuman Organization1984Cited by: 1

    Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Mary de Young; Ethics and the "Lunatic Fringe": The Case of Pedophile Organizations. Human Organization 1 March 1984; 43 (1): 72–74. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.43.1.1544784436712067 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference …

  • Help, I'm Being Held Captive! The White Slave Fairy Tale of the Progressive Era

    Open AccessMary De YoungARTICLEJournal of American Culture1983