• DOI:10.1080/1478601042000314892
Corpus ID: 38151149

Spin doctors and moral crusaders: the moral panic behind child safety legislation

@article{Zgoba2004SpinDA,
  title={Spin doctors and moral crusaders: the moral panic behind child safety legislation},
  author={Kristen M Zgoba},
  journal={Criminal Justice Studies},
  year={2004},
  volume={17},
  pages={385 - 404}
}

Kristen M Zgoba

Published 2004

Psychology

Criminal Justice Studies

Issues of child abduction and molestation have risen so high on social agendas that they have all but eclipsed similarly offensive crimes. Media broadcasts of a rash of child abductions, molestations and homicides have led to a nationwide moral panic concerning the safety of children. The media frenzy surrounding these publicized cases has created a ‘fear factor’ among parents and caregivers, begging the question as to whether the incidence of child abduction and molestation has increased or… CONTINUE READING

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