Foreword moral panics in the contemporary world jason hughes 1 amanda rohloff matthew david1 and julian petley1 the papers in this special issue stem from the conference moral panics in the contemporary world held at brunel university in december 2010 nearly 40 years since the landmark publica tion of stan cohens folk devils and moral panics 1972 and jock youngs the . Moral panics in the contemporary world represents the best current theoretical and empirical work on the topic taken from the international conference on moral panics held at brunel university the range of contributors from established scholars to emerging ones in the field and from a working journalist as well helps to cover a wide range of moral panics both old and new and extend the . The papers in this special issue stem from the conference moral panics in the contemporary world held at brunel university in december 2010 nearly 40 years since the landmark publication of stan cohens folk devils and moral panics 1972 and jock youngs the drugtakers 1971 and the role of the police as amplifiers of deviancy negotiators of reality and translators of . About moral panics in the contemporary world moral panics in the contemporary world represents the best current theoretical and empirical work on the topic taken from the international conference on moral panics held at brunel university the range of contributors from established scholars to emerging ones in the field and from a working journalist as well helps to cover a wide range of