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Satanic Panic

Satanic Panic is a moral panic, distinguished by widespread public fear and institutional responses to perceived Satanic ritual abuse, particularly involving children, during the late 20th century, often lacking empirical substantiation.

27

Publications

1.2K

Citations

25

Authors

10

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1

Variants

Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic

Parents

Publications

27

Ecocide in the USSR: health and nature under siege

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 158 citations

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Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend

Joseph E. Davis, Jeffrey Victor · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1994 · 131 citations

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Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviant Behavior: A Theory and Application to the Case of Ritual Child Abuse

Jeffrey Victor · Sociological Perspectives · 1998 · 103 citations

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In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult

Gillian Bennett, R. D. Hicks · Journal of American Folklore · 1992 · 86 citations

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Another look at moral panics: The case of satanic day care centers

Mary deYoung · Deviant Behavior · 1998 · 52 citations

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Authors

25

  1. JV
    Jeffrey Victor

    State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 274 citations

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  2. MN
    Marilyn Nagy

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  3. GN
    Gerald N. Grob

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. GC
    Gordon Campbell

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 51 citations

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  5. CP
    Christopher Partridge

    University of Chester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

10

  1. Grand Valley State University

    Allendale, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  3. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  5. University College Stockholm

    Bromma, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  7. University of Minnesota Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  8. Manchester Metropolitan University

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 8 publications · 395 citations

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  2. Horror Studies

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  3. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 1 publications · 86 citations

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  4. Deviant Behavior

    1 publications · 52 citations

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  5. Review of Religious Research

    1 publications · 21 citations

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