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

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

by Bill Thompson, Andy Williams
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Availability:In StockContributor:Bill Thompson, Andy WilliamsSeries:Routledge Advances in CriminologyTheme:Aspects (Academic)/SociologicalPublish date:8/15/2013Pages:340
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415812665ISBN-10:0415812666UPC:9780415812665Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Sociology, PornographySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.568Product ID:SCSP10B4MR
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415812665ISBN-10:0415812666UPC:9780415812665Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Sociology, PornographySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.568Product ID:SCSP10B4MR

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.


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Bill Thompson, Andy Williams

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Bill Thompson, Andy Williams

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