Revisiting Moral Panics

Product Description
We live in a world that is increasingly characterised as full of risk, danger and threat. Every day a new social issue emerges to assail our sensibilities and consciences. Drawing on the popular Economic Social and Research Council (ESRC) seminar series, this book examines these social issues and anxieties, and the solutions to them, through the concept of moral panic. With a commentary by Charles Critcher and contributions from both well-known and up-and-coming researchers and practitioners, this is a stimulating and innovative overview of moral panic ideas, which will be an essential resource.
Review

“A timely international collection on the adaptation of moral panics analysis to contemporary social work issues.”
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British Journal of Social Work



"A very good introduction to the continuing relevance and dynamism of the concept of moral panics in contemporary times."
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Journal of Social Work



"This book is a strong collection of well-developed, critical perspectives on moral panics in the twenty-first century. It will be an important text for students and practitioners pursuing post-qualifying awards."
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Professional Social Work



“The book places social problems within a broader context and shows the varying ways social anxieties can be understood. In drawing together the case studies, the editors discuss how a combination of fear of social breakdown, the unknown and the ‘other’ can underpin anxieties and panics, which need to be responded to ‘ethically’. Such tendencies and fears in society mean moral panic is likely to be of continuing relevance, at least as a guide to understanding the different elements of a given social problem. . . . This readable, engaging book updates moral panic and shows its continuing relevance alongside a range of interrelated concepts and approaches.”
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Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books



"It provides a fresh angle and contributes to updating and developing the original concept."
-- Jan Fook, Leeds Trinity University



"The
Revisiting Moral Panics seminar series was a fantastic success. The book lives up to it fully, constantly engaging the reader in the struggle to make social scientific sense of real world events and preoccupations."
-- Mark Drakeford, assembly member, Cardiff West
About the Author
Viviene E. Cree is Professor of Social Work Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She is a qualified youth and community worker and social worker, and has written and researched extensively on social work. Gary Clapton is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and was formerly a children and families practitioner in Edinburgh and London. He has written widely on the subject of moral panics. Mark Smith is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. He has previous practice experience in residential child care.