The Legitimacy of Judicial Responses to Moral Panic: Perceived vs. Normative Legitimacy

Criminal Justice Ethics 37 (2):141-163 (2018)
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In some instances, the criminal justice system is affected by a moral panic; that is, by an exaggerated social reaction to an assumed threat to moral values. When influenced by moral panic, courts...

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