Moral Panic and Perceptions of Community Fear: A Local Community Study Examining Drug Use

Moral Panic and Perceptions of Community Fear: A Local Community Study Examining Drug Use

Through a small-scale exploratory study, this paper presents findings from research that examined perceptions of the prevalence of drugs, both illicit and licit, and associated fear of crime. Through qualitative focus groups with members of a regional town in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, the st...

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Main Authors: Rivver Baumgaertner, Emma Colvin, Philip Birch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Charles Sturt University 2018-09-01
Series:Salus Journal
Subjects:
Fear of crime
community safety
moral panic
perceptions of crime
Online Access:http://salusjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/Baumgaertner_Salus_Journal_Volume_6_Number_2_2018_pp_21-36.pdf

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