The Myth of Moral Panics: Sex, Snuff, and Satan
- ISBN-10
- 1135083592
- ISBN-13
- 9781135083595
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 326
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-11
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Bill Thompson, Andy Williams
Description
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.
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