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Benjamin Cornwell

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the myth of "moral panic": an alternative account of LSD prohibition

Deviant Behavior July 1, 2002 Benjamin Cornwell, Annulla Linders 67 citations

In this paper, the authors call into question the idea of moral panic and delineate the rudiments of an alternate model of deviance construction and moral public discourse, using LSD prohibition as a working example. In developing their model, the authors draw on research on people in disasters and collective behavior. In keeping with these traditions, they argue that, when faced with emergent...