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Making Sense of Moral PanicsGangster Guns—A Case Study

Making Sense of Moral Panics: Gangster Guns—A Case Study [Examines a case of moral panic focused on the illegal acquisition of guns by criminal groups. This case also fits a typical model: a trigger event involving a 23-hour long standoff between police and a lone gunman, dramatic media accounts of unfolding events, an array of sentiments and analyses from politicians, editors, blogging communities and gun lobbyists, and the establishment of an urgent governmental inquiry. The inductive analysis shows that like killer kids, it also followed a unique course, however. The focus on illegal guns and criminal groups is argued to be related to a long-standing concern about gangs in New Zealand, coupled with the value of farming and hunting to the New Zealand economy.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Making Sense of Moral PanicsGangster Guns—A Case Study

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-61820-3
Pages
151 –182
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-61821-0_7
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[Examines a case of moral panic focused on the illegal acquisition of guns by criminal groups. This case also fits a typical model: a trigger event involving a 23-hour long standoff between police and a lone gunman, dramatic media accounts of unfolding events, an array of sentiments and analyses from politicians, editors, blogging communities and gun lobbyists, and the establishment of an urgent governmental inquiry. The inductive analysis shows that like killer kids, it also followed a unique course, however. The focus on illegal guns and criminal groups is argued to be related to a long-standing concern about gangs in New Zealand, coupled with the value of farming and hunting to the New Zealand economy.]

Published: Oct 7, 2017

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