xii, 326 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index

Preface: the dark side -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: moral panic for dummies -- The making of a myth -- Constructing moral panic -- Sozzled students, drunken debutantes and the hidden history of mods and rockers -- Mugging reality -- Progressive panic -- Witch hunts and moral enterprise -- A very nasty business -- Who needs Satan? -- The new politics of panic -- Streets of fire -- Conclusion: carry on panicking -- Notes -- References -- Index

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