Moral Panics The Social Construction of Deviance

by Goode, Erich; Ben-Yehuda, Nachman

• ISBN13: 9781405189330
• ISBN10: 1405189339
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 critiquing 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

Author Biography

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 (7^th edition, 2008), and Deviant Behavior (8^th 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), Betrayals and Treason (2001), and Selective Remembrances (edited, with Philip Kohl and Mara Kozelsky)(2007).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. viii
Prologue	p. 1
Enter the Moral Panic	p. 20
The Moral Panic: An Introduction	p. 34
Three Theories of the Moral Panic	p. 51
The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics	p. 73
The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic	p. 88
Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law	p. 109
Collective Behavior	p. 129
Social Movements	p. 141
Social Problems	p. 150
The Renaissance Witch Craze	p. 168
Drug Abuse Panics	p. 197
The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade	p. 218
Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic	p. 245
References	p. 251
Author Index	p. 270
Subject Index	p. 275
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