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Moral panics : the social construction of deviance / Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Edition: Second editionDescription: xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405189339
  • 1405189347
  • 9781405189330
  • 9781405189347
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.17 22
LOC classification:
  • HM811 .G667 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue -- 1. Enter the Moral Panic -- 2. The Moral Panic: An Introduction -- 3. Three Theories of the Moral Panic -- 4. The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics -- 5. The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic -- 6. Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law -- 7. Collective Behavior -- 8. Social Movements -- 9. Social Problems -- 10. The Renaissance WitchCraze -- 11. Drug Abuse Panics -- 12. The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade -- Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic.
Summary: This book analyzes "moral panics"--collective outbreaks of fear over illusory or trivial threats. It focuses on why people still believe something must be done about threats that prove not to be materially real.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269) and index.

Prologue -- 1. Enter the Moral Panic -- 2. The Moral Panic: An Introduction -- 3. Three Theories of the Moral Panic -- 4. The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics -- 5. The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic -- 6. Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law -- 7. Collective Behavior -- 8. Social Movements -- 9. Social Problems -- 10. The Renaissance WitchCraze -- 11. Drug Abuse Panics -- 12. The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade -- Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic.

This book analyzes "moral panics"--collective outbreaks of fear over illusory or trivial threats. It focuses on why people still believe something must be done about threats that prove not to be materially real.

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