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Folk Devils & Moral Panics - Interactionist Theories of Crime and Deviance

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A-Level, IB Diploma
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AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 30 Nov 2022

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The work of Stan Cohen (1972) in introducing two concepts into our sociological study of crime and deviance - folk devils and moral panics - is explained in this video.

Interactionist Theories of Crime and Deviance - Folk Devils & Moral Panics | A Level Sociology
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