The Myth of Moral Panics: Sex, Snuff, and Satan
Author:   Bill Thompson (SUNY Delhi, USA) ,  Andy Williams (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   14
ISBN:  

9780415812665


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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The Myth of Moral Panics: Sex, Snuff, and Satan


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This study provides a comprehensive critique - forensic, historical, and theoretical - of the moral panic paradigm, using empirically grounded ethnographic research to argue that the panic paradigm suffers from fundamental flaws that make it a myth rather than a viable academic perspective.

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Author:   Bill Thompson (SUNY Delhi, USA) ,  Andy Williams (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780415812665


ISBN 10:   0415812666
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Moral Panic for Dummies Part I: The Making of a Myth 1. Constructing Moral Panic 2. Sozzled Students, Drunken Debutantes and the Hidden History of Mods And Rockers 3. Mugging Reality Part II: Progressive Panic 4. Witch Hunts and Moral Enterprise 5. A Very Nasty Business 6. Who Needs Satan? Part III: The New Politics of Panic 7. Streets of Fire. Conclusion: Carry on Panicking

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Bill Thompson is a sociologist from the UK, where he was a Practicing Associate of the British Academy of Experts, and taught at Cambridge, Essex, and Reading Universities. In 2004, he relocated to the USA, where he has worked with the local Teamsters Union Chapter while teaching at SUNY and Hartwick Colleges. Andy Williams is Principal Lecturer & Course Leader in BSc (Hons) Criminology and Forensics at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth.

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