{"product_id":"folk-devils-and-moral-panics-9780415267120","title":"Folk Devils and Moral Panics","description":"\u003cp\u003eStanley Cohens study of Mods and Rockers in the 1960s was a foundational text both in terms of investigating the workings of subcultural groups and identifying the concept of a moral panic generated by the media  which leads to groups being vilified in the popular imagination  and inhibits rational debate about solutions to the social problems such groups represent. The insights Cohen provides into subculture and mass morality are as relevant today as they were when the book was originally published in 1972  as illustrated by the authors introduction for this new edition  in which he tracks moral panics over the last thirty years  commenting on the demonization of young offenders and asylum seekers and on the News of the Worlds name and shame campaign against paedophiles. Revisiting the theory of moral panic and exploring the way in which the concept has been used  this new edition features a select bibliography of key texts for further reading. The third edition of Folk Devils and Moral Panics makes available a valuable and widely recommended text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651870580789,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415267129","price":647.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415267120.jpg?v=1781843165","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/folk-devils-and-moral-panics-9780415267120","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}