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Moral Panics

Moral Panics is a sociological phenomenon in which public anxiety intensifies around a perceived threat to societal values, often amplified by media portrayal and leading to disproportionate social reaction.

1.2K

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72.3K

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1.4K

Authors

526

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2017–2026

133

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Moral Panic

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Publications

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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

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Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

Russ Castronovo, Saidiya Hartman, Maggie Montesinos Sale · American Literature · 1998 · 3.1K citations

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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.

David Matza, Michel Foucault · American Sociological Review · 1966 · 1.7K citations

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The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays

Charles A. Barker, Richard Hofstadter · The American Historical Review · 1966 · 1.5K citations

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Scenes of subjection: terror, slavery, and self-making in nineteenth-century America

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. SP
    Sean P. Hier

    University of Victoria, Canada

    9 publications · 621 citations

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  2. NB
    Nachman Ben‐Yehuda

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    9 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. CC
    Chas Critcher

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 3.7K citations

    7

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  4. EG
    Erich Goode

    Stony Brook University, United States

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. PJ
    Philip Jenkins

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    6 publications · 1.7K citations

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Institutions

526

  1. Brunel University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    682 citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    627 citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    326 citations

  4. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    694 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    471 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    324 citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    353 citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    314 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 106 publications · 8.2K citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 24 publications · 3.2K citations

    19

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Journal of American History

    16 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Crime Media Culture An International Journal

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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