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Preface: The Dark Side -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moral Panic For Dummies -- The Making Of A Myth -- Constructing Moral Panic -- Sozzled Students, Drunken Debutantes And The Hidden History Of Mods And Rockers -- Mugging Reality -- Progressive Panic -- Witch Hunts And Moral Enterprise -- A Very Nasty Business -- Who Needs Satan? -- The New Politics Of Panic -- Streets Of Fire -- Conclusion: Carry On Panicking -- Notes -- References -- Index. Bill Thompson And Andy Williams. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 285-309) And Index.