Hamerton, Christopher (2022) Crime history, historical criminology, and moral panic theory. In, Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere: The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London. 1 ed. London. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 15-45. (doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14883-5_2).
Abstract
This chapter provides a footing and literature review in terms of the historical study of crime and deviance, the application of moral panic theory to eighteenth-century historical models, and the concept of London as its initiating host. Previous socio-historical treatments and applications of the theory incorporating aspects of criminology and criminal justice are considered, alongside the ways in which moral panic theory is utilised throughout this book. This evaluation includes the discovery of employment, deployment, and occasional circumvention of the theory and elaborates on the manner in which the present study seeks to use it.
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