The Myth of Moral Panics: Sex, Snuff, and Satan

Preface: the dark side -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: moral panic for dummies -- The making of a myth -- Constructing moral panic -- Sozzled students, drunken debutantes and the hidden history of mods and rockers -- Mugging reality -- Progressive panic -- Witch hunts and moral enterprise -- A very nasty business -- Who needs Satan? -- The new politics of panic -- Streets of fire -- Conclusion: carry on panicking -- Notes -- References -- Index.