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Contemporary Examples of Moral Panics

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Ravers and Ecstasy Use

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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  • In 2003, there was a moral panic focused on the number of refugees and asylum seekers were entering the UK
  • Tabloid press (Mail and Sun) focused on the alleged links between asylum seekers and terrorism to create public anxiety.
  • Asylum Seekers motives: terrorism, crime or taking advantage of generous welfare system
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Ravers and Ecstasy Use

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Redhead:moral panic in regard to acid house parties in the 1980s led to…

  • Police setting up roadblocks on motorways, turning up at raves in full riot gear
  • Eventually the passing of the Criminal Justice Act which banned all illegal parties