Woodiwiss, Michael and Hobbs, Richard (2009) Organized evil and the Atlantic Alliance: moral panics and the rhetoric of organized crime policing in America and Britain. British Journal of Criminology, 49 (1). pp. 106-128. ISSN 0007-0955
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Moral panics are conventionally associated with the interpretations of youthful action imposed by powerful state or media forces. However, the concept is also useful in understanding more generally how social problems are constructed and presented. In this paper, we consider how a vague term such as ‘organized crime’ has emerged as a vehicle for exclusionary rhetorics in both the United States and Britain. While the origins of the organized crime moral panic in the United States can be located amongst moral entrepreneurs, the British version is marked by the outpourings of a right-wing media, and the influence of American foreign policy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 The Author |
| Divisions: | Sociology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2009 15:07 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 17:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/22589 |
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