Moral Panics

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. <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic</li> <li>Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept itself</li> <li>Written by long-established experts in the field</li> <li>Designed to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance</li> </ul>