Failure to launch: Why do some social issues fail to detonate moral panics?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-47

  Jenkins, Philip ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57349195803     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azn016     Document Type: Article

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