The myth of moral panics : : sex, snuff, and Satan / / Bill Thompson and Andy Williams.

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Routledge,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in criminology ; 14
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Physical Description:1 online resource (341 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: the dark side
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: moral panic for dummies
  • The making of a myth
  • Constructing moral panic
  • Sozzled students, drunken debutantes and the hidden history of mods and rockers
  • Mugging reality
  • Progressive panic
  • Witch hunts and moral enterprise
  • A very nasty business
  • Who needs Satan?
  • The new politics of panic
  • Streets of fire
  • Conclusion: carry on panicking
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.