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Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance

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UPC:
9781405189330
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2009-09-08
Release Date:
2009-08-28
Author:
Erich Goode;Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Language:
english
Edition:
2
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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 concept itself
  • Written by long-established experts in the field
  • Designed to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance