The Myth of Moral Panics Sex, Snuff, and Satan |
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| Author:
| Thompson, Bill
Williams, Andy |
| Series title: | Routledge Advances in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-81266-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $170.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.