Concepedia

Atrocity Tales, the Unification Church, and the Social Construction of Evil

David G. Bromley, Anson Shupe, Joseph C. Ventimiglia

Journal of Communication · 1979 · 80 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

By evoking outrage at the alleged acts of a religious group, newspaper accounts of atrocities serve to validate “evil” and thereby legitimize social control.

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Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency

Gresham M. Sykes, David Matza · American Sociological Review · 1957 · 5.6K citations

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Accounts

Marvin B. Scott, Stanford M. Lyman · American Sociological Review · 1968 · 2.5K citations

Conditions of Successful Degradation Ceremonies

Harold Garfinkel · American Journal of Sociology · 1956 · 1.6K citations

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The Social Psychology of Social Movements.

Ralph H. Turner, Hans Toch · American Sociological Review · 1966 · 279 citations

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Deprogramming

Anson Shupe, Roger Spielmann, Sam Stigall · American Behavioral Scientist · 1977 · 46 citations

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