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Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance
Moral Panics The Social Construction of Deviance
Author: Goode, Ben-Yehuda
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 sho...  more »
  • 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
ISBN-13: 9781405189347
ISBN-10: 1405189347
Publication Date: 9/22/2009
Pages: 320
Edition: 2
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Book Type: Hardcover
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