基本説明
Includes a new chapter on the media currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic.
Full 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
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements viii
Prologue 1
1 Enter the Moral Panic 20
2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction 34
3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic 51
4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics 73
5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic 88
6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law 109
7 Collective Behavior 129
8 Social Movements 141
9 Social Problems 150
10 The Renaissance Witch Craze 168
11 Drug Abuse Panics 197
12 The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade 218
Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic 245
References 251
Author Index 270
Subject Index 275
