Folk Devils is a sociological construct representing a group or category of individuals who are identified and portrayed as threats to societal values and interests, thereby becoming targets of public fear and moral condemnation within the context of a moral panic.
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Simon Cottee · Theoretical Criminology · 2002 · 592 citations
Social Sciences, Criminology, Crime +10
The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America
George A. Huaco · Hispanic American Historical Review · 1981 · 586 citations · Full text
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Schlumberger (Ireland)
Dublin, Ireland
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University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
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Keele University
Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom
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King's College London
London, United Kingdom
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University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Kingston University
London, United Kingdom
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- Deviant Behavior
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- The British Journal of Criminology
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CRO · 3 publications · 138 citations
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- Sociological Research Online
3 publications · 56 citations
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- Crime Media Culture An International Journal
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