Moral Panics
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-8934-7 (ISBN)
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
Erich Goode is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His previous books include The Marijuana Smokers (1970), Collective Behavior (1992), Deviance in Everyday Life (2002), Extreme Deviance (edited with Angus Vail, 2008), Drugs in American Society (7th edition, 2008), and Deviant Behavior (8th edition, 2008). Nachman Ben-Yehuda is Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include Deviance and Moral Boundaries (1985), The Politics and Morality of Deviance (1990), Political Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical Device for Justice (1993), The Masada Myth (1995), Betrayals and Treason (2001), and Selective Remembrances (edited with Philip Kohl and Mara Kozelsky, 2007).
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.8.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 726 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-8934-7 / 1405189347 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-8934-7 / 9781405189347 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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