The Ashgate Research Companion to Moral Panics offers a comprehensive assemblage of cutting-edge critical and theoretical perspectives on the concept of moral panic. All chapters represent original research by many of the most influential theorists and researchers now working in the area of moral panic, including Nachman Ben-Yehuda and Erich Goode, Joel Best, Chas Critcher, Mary DeYoung, Alan Hunt, Toby Miller, Willem Schinkel, Kenneth Thompson, Sheldon Ungar, and Grazyna Zajdow.

Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Moral Panic Concept - Charles Krinsky
• PART I THE EVOLUTION OF THE MORAL PANIC CONCEPT
• Overview of Part I
• 1 The Genealogy and Trajectory of the Moral Panic Concept - Erich Goode; Nachman Ben-Yehuda
• 2 Tracking Moral Panic as a Concept - Toby Miller
• 3 Assemblages of Moral Politics: Yesterday and Today - Alan Hunt
• 4 The Problems with Moral Panic: The Concept's Limitations - Joel Best
• PART II SEX PANICS
• Overview of Part II
• 5 Public Punitiveness, Mediation, and Expertise in Sexual Psychopath Policies - Chrysanthi S. Leon; John J. Brent
• 6 Revelation and Cardinals' Sins: Moral Panic over “Pedophile Priests” in the United States - Pamela D. Schultz
• 7 The Demise of the Same Sex Marriage Panic in Massachusetts - Jaime McCauley
• 8 Considering the Agency of Folk Devils - Mary deYoung
• PART III MEDIA PANICS
• Overview of Part III
• 9 From Nickel Madness to the House of Dreams: Moral Panic and the Emergence of American Cinema - Charles Krinsky
• 10 Sexual Predators, Internet Addiction, and Other Media Myths: Moral Panic and the Disappearance of Brandon Crisp - Patricia Molloy
• 11 MyMoralPanic: Adolescents, Social Networking, and Child Sex Crime Panic - Samantha A. Smith; Simon A. Cole
• PART IV MORAL PANICS OVER CHILDREN AND YOUTH
• Overview of Part IV
• 12 Moral Panics and the Young: The James Bulger Murder, 1993 - Máire Messenger Davies
• 13 Children Pushed Aside: Moral Panic over the Family and the State in Contemporary Poland - Magdalena Rek-Wozniak; Wojciech Wozniak
• 14 Moral Panics versus Youth Problem Debates: Three Conceptual Insights from the Study of Japanese Youth - Tuukka Toivonen
• PART V MORAL PANICS AND GOVERNANCE
• Overview of Part V
• 15 Governing Through Moral Panic: The Governmental Uses of Fear - Willem Schinkel
• 16 Hidden in Plain Sight: Moral Panics and the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro - Natália De'Carli; Mariano Pérez Humanes
• 17 Intermedia Agenda Setting and the Construction of Moral Panics: On the Media and Policy Influence of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic - Bryan E. Denham
• 18 I Vote and I Tote: Moral Panics, Resistance, and the Failure of Quiet Regulation - Grazyna Zajdow
• 19 Is This One It? Viral Moral Panics - Sheldon Ungar
• PART VI THE FUTURE OF THE MORAL PANIC CONCEPT
• Overview of Part VI
• 20 A Missing Dimension: The Social Psychology of Moral Panics - Chas Critcher; Julia Pearce
• 21 Cultural Trauma and Moral Panic: 9/11 and the Mosque at Ground Zero Affair - Kenneth Thompson
• 22 Moral Panics over the Environment? “Climate Crisis” and the Moral Panics Model - Amanda Rohloff
• 23 Practicing Moral Panic Research: A Hybrid Model with Guidelines for Its Application - Brian V. Klocke; Glenn W. Muschert
• Appendix I Alternative Thematizations for Classroom Use and Course Reading Lists
• Appendix II Moral Panic: A Bibliography