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Moral Panics: The Social Construction Of Deviance

By Nachman Ben-Yehuda , Erich Goode

Book information

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
1405189347, 9781405189347, 1405189339, 9781405189330, 1444307932, 9781444307931, 1444307924, 9781444307924, 128248320X, 9781282483200
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2572341 bytes)
Edition
2nd Edition
Pages
310\310
Time added
2020-10-21 16:58:13
Deviant BehaviorMoral ConditionsMoral Panicssocial problems

Description

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

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