TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goode,Erich
AU  - Ben-Yehuda,Nachman
TI  - Moral panics: the social construction of deviance 
SN  - 1405189339
AV  - HM811 .G667 2009
U1  - 302.17 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chichester, U.K., Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Deviant behavior
KW  - Moral conditions
KW  - Moral panics
KW  - Social problems
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1004/2009007417-b.html
ER  -