Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Keywords
moral panic, Mods, Rockers, delinquency, hooliganism, media amplification
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244012455177
Abstract
Over the last decade, moral panic theory has affected a paradigm shift in the social construction of deviance and social problems in the United States, without any real debate about its viability. This article raises key questions about this perspective by offering the first ever critique of the seminal case study of British youth subcultures on which the paradigm is based. It argues that when analyzed in the context of contemporary criticism of vandalism, hooliganism, and delinquency, the Mods and Rockers case study never justified Cohen’s original criteria for a moral panic.
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
SAGE Open, v. 2, issue 3, p. 1-13
Scholar Commons Citation
Thompson, Bill and Greek, Cecil, "Mods and Rockers, Drunken Debutants, and Sozzled Students: Moral Panic or the British Silly Season?" (2012). Sociology Faculty and Staff Publications. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/soc_facpub/7
