--- product_id: 46422604 title: "Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics)" brand: "stanley cohen" price: "₹ 5437" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/46422604-folk-devils-and-moral-panics-routledge-classics store_origin: IN region: India --- # Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics) **Brand:** stanley cohen **Price:** ₹ 5437 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics) by stanley cohen - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 5437 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/46422604-folk-devils-and-moral-panics-routledge-classics) ## Best For - stanley cohen enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted stanley cohen brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71b4b455q0L.jpg) ![Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61OPpVx9xGL.jpg) ![Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OpyVgFZHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars People be crazy... *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2018* Especially apropos in current political social climate ... Written well, entertaining...on point. Reminding me, whatever the current moral panic (be it climate change, bad politics, or ...whatever) ...it will soon be replaced by another...ha! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars *by D***G on Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016* Excellent text ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Fear of change drives demonisation of perceived threat *by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2014* Stanley Cohen examines the panicked reactions of local communities and media outlets to disturbances of youth belonging to various subcultures at a number of English seaside towns in the late 1960s. Cohen argues that a process of ‘deviant amplification’ was at play within this reaction to the extent that it was disproportionate to the threat presented to the communities concerned, and that the reaction was, in effect and in fact, a moral panic consciously instigated as a kind of morality play by community leaders who, perceiving a threat in the disturbances to order based on their authority, were anxious to reassert both.Through his examination of the development of the process of deviant amplification, in essence what other writers have referred to alternatively as the ‘production of deviance,’ Cohen reveals that the development of moral panic in this instance was based on an almost identical process often used to guide disaster response efforts. The difference in this instance was however that, rather than responding to an actual crisis with actions designed to help the community, the scare mongers manufactured crisis with actions designed to help the community, though only insofar as the interests of the community and those of its most powerful and privileged sectors were understood to be one and the same thing.Cohen describes the response to the perceived crisis as beginning with an ‘inventory’ stage involving the locating, targeting and labeling of deviants, the formulating and initiating of action plans though a ‘reaction’ phase, and letting the fear and loathing of the population aroused as a result of these two stages crystallize into a feedback loop of further deviance production and institutional repression. As Cohen demonstrates, this process coupled with the concomitant polarization of the community, served in a totally predictable and unsurprising manner to alienate the youth even more and inspire them to escalate rather than reign in the disturbances.In lieu of actually solving the supposed problem, Cohen reveals, the latter stages of a moral panic in particular function instead to rehabilitate the ideological foundations of the status quo and the authority of those who represent it. He likewise reveals the actual causes of the disturbances on the beach and the ensuing moral panic to derive not from the wayward nature of the Mods and Rockers so much as the changing circumstances of the times, not least of which being the emergence of youth culture from which the young gained a sense of independent identity, and high unemployment which added volatility to what was already a threatening attitude of nonconformity.In sympathy with Oplinger’s findings then, Cohen demonstrates convincingly that the process of deviance production or amplification driving the moral panic in the case of the beachside disturbances developed as a result of the fear of change of many in the community who were overwhelmed by events and either unwilling, unable or both to address the actual causes of the problem. The testimony of many young people present to being bored, at a loose end with too much time and too little structure or direction and feeling alienated from a society that didn’t seem to care about them was discounted in favour of media-driven demonization that painted them as hoodlums and thugs intentionally trying to disrupt otherwise peaceful towns for their own selfish, malevolent and vicious ends — a process that itself might have been described in similar terms. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/46422604-folk-devils-and-moral-panics-routledge-classics](https://www.desertcart.in/products/46422604-folk-devils-and-moral-panics-routledge-classics) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*