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    Folk devils and moral panics : the creation of the Mods and Rockers / Stanley Cohen.

    • Title:Folk devils and moral panics : the creation of the Mods and Rockers / Stanley Cohen.
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    • Author/Creator:Cohen, Stanley.
    • Published/Created:London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Young adults--Great Britain--Case studies.
      Deviant behavior.
      Subculture--Great Britain.
    • Edition:3rd ed.
    • Description:lxxiv, 201 p. ; 22 cm.
    • Notes:Originally published: New ed. Oxford : M. Robertson, 1980. With new introduction.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-189) and index.
    • ISBN:0415267110
      0415267129 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Moral Panics as Cultural Politics: Introduction to the Third Edition
      Symbols of Trouble: Introduction to the Second Edition
      1. Deviance and Moral Panics
      The Transactional Approach to Deviance
      Deviance and the Mass Media
      The Case of the Mods and Rockers
      2. The Inventory
      Exaggeration and Distortion
      Prediction
      Symbolization
      The Inventory as Manufactured News
      3. Reaction: Opinion and Attitude Themes
      Orientation
      Images
      Causation
      Differential Reaction
      Modes and Models of Explanation
      4. Reaction: The Rescue and Remedy Phases
      Sensitization
      The Societal Control Culture
      The Exploitative Culture
      5. On the Beaches: The Warning and the Impact
      Setting the Stage: The Warning Phase
      The Crowd Scenes
      The Audience
      The Mass Media
      The Control Agents
      Summary
      6. Contexts and Backgrounds: Youth in the Sixties
      The Emergence of the Mods and Rockers
      The Sociology of Moral Panics
      Coming to an End.
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