Moral panic over muggins commited by black youth, no real evidence
By the context of the problem, that the 1970's had fiancial troubles, lead to hegemony being threated, threated ruling class, needed force to control crisis
Convinced the public that society's problems caused by immigrants and not capitalst system faults, Gov could justice use of force to surpress the groups that challenged them
By screaming like a headless Torchic!
8. What effect did the moral panic have on the group being targeted?
Labelling of large numbers of young blacks as deviants, made figures appear to show rising levels of black crime, lead to justified stronger police measures
They got stampeded in all the chaos!
Unlabelling of small numbers of young blacks as deviants, made figures appear to show falling levels of black crime, lead to unjustified weaker police measures
Convinced the public that society's problems caused by immigrants and not capitalst system faults, Gov could justice use of force to surpress the groups that challenged them
9. How does Young criticise Hall?
Says it was bound to rise as result of unemployement but was also not rising quickly
Study provides no evidence that public were panicing over mugging, or that they identified crime with black people
