Ebook: Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance, Second Edition

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 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

Content:
Chapter 1 Enter the Moral Panic (pages 20–33):
Chapter 2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction (pages 34–50):
Chapter 3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic (pages 51–72):
Chapter 4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics (pages 73–87):
Chapter 5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic (pages 88–108):
Chapter 6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law (pages 109–128):
Chapter 7 Collective Behavior (pages 129–140):
Chapter 8 Social Movements (pages 141–149):
Chapter 9 Social Problems (pages 150–167):
Chapter 10 The Renaissance Witch Craze (pages 168–196):
Chapter 11 Drug Abuse Panics (pages 197–217):
Chapter 12 The Feminist Anti?Pornography Crusade (pages 218–244):