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Moral Panics

The Social Construction of Deviance

Nachman Ben-Yehuda author Erich Goode author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:21st Aug '09

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This paperback is available in another edition too:

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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

"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)

ISBN: 9781405189330

Dimensions: 249mm x 173mm x 19mm

Weight: 572g

320 pages

2nd edition