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Criminal Law 1 (Laws 1001) Class 5: Social Reaction 2.4. 2.4 Of Muggings, Media and Moral Panics England was gripped by what Hall et al refer to as a moral panic over the incidence of mugging. The press, politicians, police chiefs and `the public' reacted strongly to the mugging `crisis'. On investigation, Hall et al found that the claim of a crime wave could not be supported by the available statistical evidence. Apart from the pre-disposition of the population towards `moral panics' at particular moments in history, we should not neglect the role of the media and public leaders who help define and amplify the phenomenon in question. In large scale societies- unlike the small societies described by Duekheim- the social audience is largely dependent on the media to transmit information and constitute `the news'. S Hall et al, Policing the Crisis When the official reaction to a person, gr...
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