Goode, Erich.

Moral panics : the social construction of deviance / Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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 Witch Craze -- Drug Abuse Panics -- The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade.

Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place.: Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the "sex slave" scare; Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic; Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics conc


English.

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10.1002/9781444307924 doi

10.1002/9781444307924 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com


Deviant behavior.
Social problems.
Moral conditions.
Moral panics.
Social Problems
Probl�emes sociaux.
Conditions morales.
Paniques morales.
social issues.
PSYCHOLOGY--Social Psychology.
Deviant behavior
Moral conditions
Moral panics
Social problems
Paniek.
Angst.
Collectief gedrag.
Sociale waarneming.
Afwijkend gedrag.

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