The Myth of Moral Panics: Sex, Snuff, and Satan

by Bill Thompson and Andy Williams

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138952842
• ISBN13: 9781138952843
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"