CRIM 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Moral Panic
21 Apr 2016
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Chapter 16: round up the usual suspects: crime, deviance, and the limits of constructionism. Stanley cohen: coined the term moral panic , folk devils and moral panic 1987. Suddenly attracted widespread media and public attention. Leading to police crackdowns, stiffer sentencing, and calls for new legislative initiatives to deal with the problem. But they actually caused relatively little in the way of measurable harm. Soon disappeared altogether from the public imagination. Threatened children, 1990: best analyzed development of the missing children problem in us, demonstrating how it led to the missing children"s act of 1982, us attorney"s advisory board on missing children, the national center for missing and. Exploited children, and to the establishment of such organizations as child find and the child. Stealing research center: best pointed out that claims regarding the # of missing children were highly exaggerated.
