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This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society - which frames them as, alternately, victims and threats. It argues the press is a key player in promoting this discourse, which is rooted in a wide-scale breakdown in social trust.

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1. Trust, Risk and Framing Contemporary Childhood.- 2. ´Worthy´ Versus ´Unworthy´ Children: Images of Childhood Through Time.- 3. Our Children and Other People´s: Childhood in the Age of Distrust.- 4. Commercializing Distrust: Framing Juveniles in the News.- 5. ´Every Parent´s Worst Nightmare´: the Abduction of April Jones.- 6. Strangers No More: Towards Reconstructing Trust.- Bibliography.

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"A great read and an important contribution to our understanding of how anxiety towards young people mutates into the narrative of panic." - Frank Furedi, University of Kent, UK

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Dr James Morrison is an experienced journalist and university lecturer. He worked for a number of years as a reporter, first on local then national newspapers - including the Independent on Sunday. He has lectured in journalism and public affairs since 2003, and is currently senior lecturer in journalism at Kingston University, UK.

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