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GCSE Sociology · key term
A person or group portrayed as a threat to society, especially during a moral panic.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
A person or group portrayed as a threat to society and blamed for its problems.
Revise: Public Debates About CrimeYoung offenders may become folk devils: a group blamed for wider social problems. The concern is not that every reported incident is invented, but that its scale or significance may be exaggerated.
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Component 2
A person or group portrayed as a threat to society and made a target of blame during a moral panic.
Revise: Influential Sociological FactorsThe targeted group becomes a folk devil: a supposed source of danger and blame.
A person or group stereotyped as dangerous or immoral and blamed for threatening society's values during a moral panic.
A person or group stereotyped as dangerous or immoral and blamed for social problems during a moral panic.
