Moral Panics

The Social Construction of Deviance

By: Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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Paperback | 21 August 2009 | Edition Number 2

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320 Pages

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24.3 x 16.9 x 1.5

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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. <ul> <li>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 <li>Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic <li>Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept itself <li>Written by long-established experts in the field <li>Designed to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance </ul>

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"This close reading of the facts behind a media story are the essence of Goode and Ben-Yehuda's work. They have taken the time and trouble to try and see what is a moral panic and what is true." (Metapsychology, March 2010)

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