Today we live in a society unlike any before. This world also provides us with a great many more influences than in the past. By simply turning on a television we leave our minds open to infinite forms of influence. Even with cars and planes we can now cover far greater ground and extend our rea...

Each of these headlines from recent New Zealand newspapers is illustrative of an \"episode, condition, person or group of persons\" that have been defined as a \"threat to societal values and interests\"- what Stanley Cohen terms a Moral Panic. So how relevant are Moral Panics today? What role does ...

Recidivism of Sex Offenders Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted (Oakes...