Myth of Moral Panics

Sex, Snuff, and Satan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Av Bill Thompson, Andy Williams, USA) Thompson, Bill (SUNY Delhi, UK) Williams, Andy (University of Portsmouth

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-08-15
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Advances in Criminology
Antal sidor340
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415812665

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
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Bill Thompson is a sociologist from the UK, where he was a Practicing Associate of the British Academy of Experts, and taught at Cambridge, Essex, and Reading Universities. In 2004, he relocated to the USA, where he has worked with the local Teamsters Union Chapter while teaching at SUNY and Hartwick Colleges. Andy Williams is Principal Lecturer & Course Leader in BSc (Hons) Criminology and Forensics at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth.