A moral panic is an exaggerated outburst of public concern over the morality or behaviour of a group in society. Looking at how drug laws have changed over time, and how they vary from country to country to country is a very good way of looking at how the deviant act of drug-taking is socially constructed, In the United Kingdom, a new law was recently passed which outlawed all legal highs, meaning that many head-shops which sold them literally went from doing something legal to illegal over night (obviously they had plenty of notice!). Hi if you mean the diagram, I just created it in Microsoft Publisher. Dear Karl, can you provide me with the source of the self-fulfilling scheme from the article beggining? Charlotte Nickerson is a student at Harvard University obsessed with the intersection of mental health, productivity, and design. The effect of arrest and justice system sanctions on subsequent behavior: Findings from longitudinal and other studies. The fact that the public are concerned about youth crime suggest they are more than willing to subscribe to the media view that young people are a threat to social order. Describing someone as a criminal, for example, can cause others to treat. Victims are encouraged to forgive the person, but not the act, and the offender is welcomed back into the community, thus avoiding the negative consequences associated with secondary deviance.
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