A Moral Panic Narrative is a socially constructed storyline within the genre of contemporary legends that exaggerates real or imagined threats to societal values, often centering on perceived deviance or danger, thereby inciting widespread fear, social control efforts, and the attribution of blame to a marginalized group or phenomenon.
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Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State, and Law and Order
Robert Reiner, Stuart Hall, Chas Critcher et al. · British Journal of Sociology · 1978 · 3.1K citations
Fashioning Sapphism: the origins of a modern English lesbian culture
Laura Doan · Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 360 citations
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University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
5 h-index
5 publications
145 citations
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
4 h-index
4 publications
328 citations
Brunel University of London
London, United Kingdom
4 h-index
5 publications
101 citations
Western Sydney University
Richmond, Australia
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6 publications
158 citations
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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5 publications
83 citations
The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
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3 publications
88 citations
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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3 publications
150 citations
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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3 publications
120 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 12 publications · 1.4K citations
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- The British Journal of Criminology
6 publications · 573 citations
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- Sociology Compass
5 publications · 364 citations
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- Crime Media Culture An International Journal
5 publications · 292 citations
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- American Journal of Criminal Justice
AJCJ · 5 publications · 138 citations
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