The Myth of Moral Panics
Sex, Snuff, and Satan| By: | Bill Thompson; Andy Williams |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138952843 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135083595 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2014 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.