moral panics and deviancy amplification

Question 1

folk devils

Answer 1

labelled by the media. defined as a threat to society’s values. made a target by local authorities

Question 2

cohen

Answer 2

moral panics create folk devils. modern e.g. of moral panics = refugees, asylum seekers, single mothers, welfare cheats

Question 3

goode and ben yehuda

Answer 3

5 main features of moral panic = concern, hostility, consensus, disproportionality, volatility

Question 4

hall et al (marxist)

Answer 4

moral panics benefit capitalism through deciding who ‘folk devils’ are and preventing unification and revolution

Question 5

becker (interactionist)

Answer 5

successful application of folk devil label creates self-fulfilling prophecy and increased involvement in deviant behaviour