Goode, Erich, <br/><br/>
Moral panics :  the social construction of deviance / 
Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xi, 299 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269) and index. 
<br/><br/> Prologue --  Enter the Moral Panic --  The Moral Panic: An Introduction --  Three Theories of the Moral Panic --  The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics --  The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic --  Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law --  Collective Behavior --  Social Movements --  Social Problems --  The Renaissance WitchCraze --  Drug Abuse Panics --  The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade --  Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1405189339 1405189347 9781405189330 9781405189347 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009007417 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deviant behavior.<br/>Moral conditions<br/>Moral panics<br/>Social problems.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM811  / .G667 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.17