Falling Back on the Concept of (Moral) Panic: Questioning Significance, Practicality, and Costs
For over 40 years, the term moral panic and concept to which it is adjoined have been used throughout the socio-criminological literature as a means of describing collective overreactions to perceived wrongs. Since the 1980s, the concept has also been criticized for its inability to adapt to differi...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34187 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4911 |