Incurable Sex Offenders, Lousy Judges & The Media: Moral Panic Sustenance in the Age of New Media
There is consensus that since the 1990s, we have experienced a spike in public concern over sexual offenders. Analyzing this concern as a moral panic, this paper argues that national television coverage, as it picks up local news, adds heat to the fire by re-naming the villain as an inadequate judic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2013, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 160-181 |
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