David Finkelhor, director of the UNH Crimes Against Children Research CenterWhen news broke that the Duggar family — known for their TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" as well as their conservative political activism — had been hiding a sex scandal within their own family, headlines blared about how the clan that claims to hold itself in high religious and conservative regard could make such claims while covering up the fact that one of their sons had acted inappropriately.
We talked with UNH's own David Finkelhor, renowned child victimization expert, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology, to ask him to weigh in on the headline-grabbing case.
Why so much media attention for this particular case,...
David Finkelhor, director of the UNH Crimes Against Children Research CenterWhen news broke that the Duggar family — known for their TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" as well as their conservative political activism — had been hiding a sex scandal within their own family, headlines blared about how the clan that claims to hold itself in high religious and conservative regard could make such claims while covering up the fact that one of their sons had acted inappropriately.
We talked with UNH's own David Finkelhor, renowned child victimization expert, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology, to ask him to weigh in on the headline-grabbing case.
Why so much media attention for this particular case,...