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Special Issue: Moral Panics


Moral Panics - 36 Years On
January 2009
Volume 49 Number 1

Editors: Nachman Ben-Yehuda and Pat Carlen
Foreword: Nachman Ben-Yehuda


‘How people struggle over the meaning of different conceptions of morality and social harm is also a central concern of criminology.’
Nachman Ben-Yehuda, from the Foreword


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Table of Contents


Moral Panics—36 Years On
by Nachman Ben-Yehuda

Moral Panic: Its Origins in Resistance, Ressentiment and The Translation of Fantasy in to Reality
by Jock Young

Widening the Focus: Moral Panics as Moral Regulation
by Chas Critcher

Failure To Launch: Why Do Some Social Issues Fail To Detonate Moral Panics?
by Philip Jenkins

Suite Revenge? The Shaping of Folk Devils and Moral Panics about White-Collar Crimes
by Michael Levi

Moral Panic and Neo-Liberalism: The Case of Single Mothers on Welfare in Israel
by Mimi Ajzenstadt

Legalizing Prostitution: Morality Politics in Western Australia
by Ronald Weitzer

Organized Evil and the Atlantic Alliance: Moral Panics and the Rhetoric of Organized Crime Policing in America and Britain
by Michael Woodiwiss and Dick Hobbs

The Politics of Antisocial Behaviour: Amoral Panics
by Stuart Waiton