Spin doctors and moral crusaders: the moral panic behind child safety legislation

By Kristen M. Zgoba. 2004

124 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Amy L. Anderson
2. Lisa L. Sample
3. Timothy Griffin
4. Monica K. Miller
5. J. Levenson

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Amy L. Anderson
2. Lisa L. Sample
3. Timothy Griffin
4. Monica K. Miller
5. J. Levenson

Citations in the corpus

• Child Abduction, AMBER Alert, and Crime Control Theater (2008, background): “…and the issuance of alerts in response to child kidnappings is more than a good-faith effort to help imperiled children; it is also a declaration of officials’ congruence with the popular will in the context of the hysteria that dominates public discourse about child abduction (Zgoba, 2004b).”
• Public Awareness and Action Resulting From Sex Offender Community Notification Laws (2008, background): “…have suggested that the passage of these community notification laws was the result of a “moral panic” about sex offending, particularly the victimization of children (Gavin, 2005; Hinds & Daly, 2000; Jenkins, 1998; Quinn, Forsyth, & Mullen-Quinn, 2004; Sample, 2001; Steinbock, 1995; Zgoba, 2004).”