Limit this search to....

Moral Panics 2e
Contributor(s): Goode, Erich (Author), Ben-Yehuda, Nachman (Author)
ISBN: 1405189347     ISBN-13: 9781405189347
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $132.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2009
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Social Science | Criminology
Dewey: 302.17
LCCN: 2009007417
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (1.54 lbs) 312 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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