Recent shootings at schools around the country have resulted in widespread fear and panic
among both students and parents, prompting a myriad of responses to make schools safer …

In the United States during the early 1980s, hundreds of day care providers were accused of
sexually abusing their young charges in satanic rituals that included blood drinking …

Most towns and cities in the UK and USA possess a number of venues offering sexually
orientated entertainment in the form of exotic dance, striptease or lap dancing. Traditionally …

Moral panics reveal something of interest about social structure, social process, and social
change, and the satanic day care moral panic of the 1980s certainly is no exception. This …

This study provides a comprehensive critique-forensic, historical, and theoretical-of the
moral panic paradigm, using empirically grounded ethnographic research to argue that the …

This article scrutinizes the far-right phantasm of a Jew-led “porn conspiracy” from the 1970s
until today in the United States and, consequently, points to the significance of sexuality for …

The unrivaled publishing success and popularity of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series has
undoubtedly made it the popular culture phenomenon of the decade. But such popularity …

Gender and History is an important series of books that offers teachers and students lively
and accessible surveys of the most recent research into the impact of gender and sexual …

Over the last decade, moral panic theory has affected a paradigm shift in the social
construction of deviance and social problems in the United States, without any real debate …

Internet has not only facilitated the use of technology but has also allowed for greater access
and unlimited dissemination of information and knowledge. Like a two-edge sword, when …