Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviant Behavior: A Theory and Application to the Case of Ritual Child Abuse

Victor, Jeffrey S.

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“…23 Given the success of constructionism in explaining other moral panics (e.g., Beckett 1994;Cohen 1972;Gus eld 1963;Reasons 1974;Victor 1998), the perspective appears accurate despite the era in which the panic occurred, the political administration involved, or the content of the issue. This research also supports the elite-engineere d model of moral panics (e.g.…”

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“…Policy rhetoric can provide the authority that is necessary to legitimate the public's belief that a threat from a moral deviant is real (see Victor 1998). Thus, presidential policy rhetoric can indirectly induce moral panics by in uencing public opinion.…”

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“…By 1987, the media had popularizing this punitive position (Merriam 1989;Beckett 1995), and, once accomplished, public opinion and political rhetoric reinforced each other. 16 The consensual validatio n of reality that moral panics require (see Victor 1998) was established. The panic began.…”

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Hawdon¹

2001

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“…I further argue that such inequitable policy brings the whole system of migration control into disrepute, in that it is not evidence-based but is a contrived application, i.e. a socially constructed device that is intended not to manage migration rationally, but to quell moral panic (Victor 1998) about migrants as dangerous threats to social order and national security. If migration policy is constructed according to such criteria, there is a place for improving such policy by imagining more equitable policy that can be used as effectively for the same purpose.…”

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“…Such representations are social constructions (Victor 1998) that could easily be reconstructed to represent the proposed policy as dangerous for the following reasons: 1. It mitigates and deters social integration.…”

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Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies : Ten Innovative Approaches to the Challenges of Migration in the 21st Century

Jandl¹

2007

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Ten Innovative Approaches to the Challenges of Migration in the 21st Century michael jandl (ed.)A m s t e r d a m U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s RePoRts imiscoe Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion)IMISCOE is a European Commission-funded Network of Excellence of more than 350 scientists from various research institutes that specialise in migration and integration issues in Europe. These researchers, who come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law, implement an integrated, multidisciplinary and internationally comparative research programme that focuses on Europe's migration and integration challenges.Within the programme, existing research is integrated and new research lines are developed to address issues crucial to European-level policymaking and provide a theory-based design to implement new research.The publication programme of IMISCOE is based on five distinct publication profiles, designed to make its research and results available to scientists, policymakers and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts written by -or in cooperation with -IMISCOE members are published in these five series. An editorial committee coordinates the review process of the manuscripts. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. ContentsForeword 9Introduction and overview 11 Michael Jandl, ICMPD ForewordTowards the end of 2005, extensive media coverage of the tragic events in Ceuta and Melilla, where several hundred desperate but determined migrants had stormed the protective fences of these tiny Spanish exclaves to get into EU territory, reminded us once again that traditional mechanisms of migration management have run into severe trouble and that new, innovative concepts for the regulation of migration are called for. Yet, new ideas for regulating regular migration, dealing with irregular migration and providing international protection to those in need of it remain elusive and untested. While several innovative concepts have been suggested over the past few years -such as the 'People Flow' approach spearheaded by Theo Veenkamp, the 'Migration Tax' proposal by Jagdhish Baghwati or the 'Auctioning of work permits' suggested by Thomas Straubhaar -there is no serious discussion of these either at the policy level or among migration researchers.To address this yawning gap between the daily realities of migration events, shaping the policy agendas of governments around the worldand the analytical world of migration researchers concerned with scientific description and explanation rather than prescription and advice -I decided to launch a challenge to those esteemed colleagues willing to push...

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Moral Panics

Fillieule¹

2013

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

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The term “moral panics” (MPs) first appeared as an academic term at the beginning of the 1970s, in the well‐established field of sociology of deviance and labeling, along with the emerging sociology of mass media. It was the pioneering studies of Jock Young (1971), on the social meaning of drug use, and of Stanley Cohen (1972), on the media‐inspired confrontations between youths, which developed and effectively launched the concept of MPs to its present status as a central tool of sociological and media analysis, as well as a common phrase in popular discourse. Since then, the conceptualization of moral panics has benefited from several theoretical innovations. The original model drew mainly on symbolic interaction and labeling theory in relation to deviant behavior, but also on other theories, such as those interrogating collective behavior, social problems, and social movements. Ironically, the success of the concept has also resulted in loose or outdated theoretical applications (McRobbie & Thornton 1995; Cornwell & Linders 2002; Garland 2008) and increased questions about its efficacy (Ungar 2001; Hier 2008). However, the concept and theory of MPs retain all their pertinence and still offer us a heuristic analytical tool by which to study social movements.

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Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviant Behavior: A Theory and Application to the Case of Ritual Child Abuse

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