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The Collateral Consequences Of Juvenile Publicity: What The Montana Legislature Has Overlooked In The Youth Court Act, Sarah Montana Hart
The Collateral Consequences Of Juvenile Publicity: What The Montana Legislature Has Overlooked In The Youth Court Act, Sarah Montana Hart
Sarah Montana Hart
This article discusses what the Montana Legislature should do in order to remedy some unforeseen effects of keeping Youth Court proceedings public.
Hot Crimes: A Study In Excess, Steven P. Grossman
Hot Crimes: A Study In Excess, Steven P. Grossman
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Societies appear to be subject, every now and then, to periods of moral panic. . . . [I]ts nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the mass media; the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, politicians and other right thinking people; socially accredited experts pronounce their diagnoses and solutions; ways of coping are evolved or (more often) restored to; . . . sometimes the panic passes over and is forgotten . . . at other times it has more serious and long-lasting repercussions and might produce such as those in legal and social policy or even …