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Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-4051-8934-7
Hardcover
320 pages
September 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface and Acknowledgements.

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 Witch Craze.

11. Drug Abuse Panics.

12. The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade.

Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.