Another look at moral panics: The case of satanic day care centers

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-278

  deYoung, Mary ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032367476     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.1998.9968088     Document Type: Article

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