Michael Woodiwiss Michael.Woodiwiss@uwe.ac.uk
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Organized evil and the Atlantic alliance: Moral panics and the rhetoric of organized crime policing in America and Britain
Woodiwiss, Michael; Hobbs, Dick
Authors
Dick Hobbs
Abstract
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.
Citation
Woodiwiss, M., & Hobbs, D. (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), 106-128. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azn054
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2009 |
Deposit Date | Dec 10, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 15, 2016 |
Journal | British Journal of Criminology |
Print ISSN | 0007-0955 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-3529 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 106-128 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azn054 |
Keywords | moral panics, organized crime, America, Britain, crime policing, evil, atlantic alliance |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1010211 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azn054 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The British Journal of Criminology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version "Woodiwiss, Michael and Hobbs, Dick (2009) Organized evil and the atlantic alliance: moral panics and the rhetoric of organized crime policing in America and Britain. The British Journal of Criminology, 49 (1). pp. 106-128" is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azn054. |
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