Moral Panics Summary

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In Chapter 15, in our Constructions of Deviance text, Reinarman says the US is prone to moral panics because we live in a temperance culture (page 166). He says that since America was founded on Christian and capitalistic values we are highly concerned with self-control. Almost all moral panics challenge the idea our society has of self-control. Our dominant groups perceive a loss of control, individually and also as a community, and raise awareness about these issues so that those who are in violation of this notion are deemed deviants. Reinarman and Jenkins’ articles are similar in that they both describe what causes moral panics. They both detail how a dominant and powerful group wants to label a lower class as deviant; so they will use

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