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Satanic Panic
Also Known As Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic
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A moral panic, originating in North America in the 1980s and spreading internationally by the late 1990s, in which prosecutions rested on allegations of satanic ritual abuse; media coverage turned skeptical by 1987 and the panic largely ended between 1992 and 1995, but it produced convictions, including the West Memphis Three case, that were still being contested decades later.
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DomainSourced to the subject's own accountMoral panic and criminal justice sociology 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The satanic ritual abuse scare of the 1980s and 1990s is a widely cited historical instance of a moral panic.
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1. Wikipedia: Satanic panic
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start[ed] in North America in the 1980s, spreading throughout many parts of the world by the late 1990s
Wikipedia: West Memphis Three
Exemplified By Cases: West Memphis Three Case, Trials sectionQuote, Exemplified By Cases: West Memphis Three Case, Trials section
The prosecution accused the three young men of committing a Satanic murder.
Wikipedia: Moral Panic
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A widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society
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