Widening the focus: Moral panics as moral regulation

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-34

  Critcher, Chas ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57349184824     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azn040     Document Type: Article

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