Jeffrey Victor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3684792 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Victor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Victor |
| SIGNATURE | VICTOR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Social-Psychological Theory of Collective Anxiety Attacks: The "Mad Gasser" Reexamined
This article presents a social-psychological theory to explain collective behavior involving unusual somatic reactions. The authors term this social phenomenon a “collective anxiety attack,” to distinguish it from the psychiatric label of “mass psychogenic illness.” First, the article contrasts fundamental assumptions of a psychiatric-medical interpretation with a social-psychological interpretation. Next, the article illustrates the difference u…
Sluts and Wiggers: A Study of the Effects of Derogatory Labeling
This research investigated how poor teenage girls from the marginal teenage subculture react to persistent derogatory labeling from higher status teenagers and adult authorities. The research found that a supportive emotional bond with a mother or grandmother insulates a girl from the harmful effects of derogatory stereotyping. Girls, who had an adult to trust for emotional support, did not engage in promiscuous, unprotected sex and less frequent…
Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviant Behavior: A Theory and Application to the Case of Ritual Child Abuse
The objective of the article is to develop a theory of the causes and transmission of moral panics. The theory is designed to explain forms of collective behavior, previously labeled panics, scares and persecutions. Part one of this article presents criteria for the identification of moral panics. Part two of the article offers models for analyzing the social conditions, which cause moral panics and lead to the social construction of definitions …
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Anti-Cult Movements in Cross-Cultural Perspective
I Heard It through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Journal Article Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend, by Jeffrey S. Victor. Chicago: Open Court Press, 1993, 403 pp. $38.95; $16.95 (paper) Get access Thomas Robbins Thomas Robbins Rochester, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 55, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 373–375, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712069 Published: 01 October 1994
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Sociologist Victor began his involvement with satanic-cult phenomena by investigating a local panic centered in southwestern New York state. After an introductory section, his book begins with a description of this research, then proceeds with an excellent general review of recent fear about satanic cults in the U.S. He concludes that there is no evidence for the actual existence of organized satanic cults. -- Choice
Fundamentalist religion and the moral crusade against Satanism: The social construction of deviant behavior
This article presents a symbolic interactionist model of the social dynamics of moral crusades to define a new form of deviant behavior. It identifies the collective behavior processes through which a contemporary legend leads to the social construction of deviant behavior, particularly when underlying sources of social stress activate the search for scapegoats. The cognitive content of scapegoating is constructed when a frame for a perceived thr…
Ritual Abuse and the Moral Crusade against Satanism
This article addresses the research question: What accounts for widespread belief in allegations of “ritual” child abuse by satanic cults in the absence of any verifiable law enforcement or scientific evidence? The hypothesis is that allegations of ritual abuse are manifestations of the social construction of an imaginary form of deviance which is being promoted by a moral crusade against satanism. Events of a satanic cult ritual abuse scare in E…
Satanic Cult Rumors as Contemporary Legend
Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviant Behavior: A Theory and Application to the Case of Ritual Child Abuse
The objective of the article is to develop a theory of the causes and transmission of moral panics. The theory is designed to explain forms of collective behavior, previously labeled panics, scares and persecutions. Part one of this article presents criteria for the identification of moral panics. Part two of the article offers models for analyzing the social conditions, which cause moral panics and lead to the social construction of definitions …
Fundamentalist religion and the moral crusade against Satanism: The social construction of deviant behavior
This article presents a symbolic interactionist model of the social dynamics of moral crusades to define a new form of deviant behavior. It identifies the collective behavior processes through which a contemporary legend leads to the social construction of deviant behavior, particularly when underlying sources of social stress activate the search for scapegoats. The cognitive content of scapegoating is constructed when a frame for a perceived thr…
Sluts and Wiggers: A Study of the Effects of Derogatory Labeling
This research investigated how poor teenage girls from the marginal teenage subculture react to persistent derogatory labeling from higher status teenagers and adult authorities. The research found that a supportive emotional bond with a mother or grandmother insulates a girl from the harmful effects of derogatory stereotyping. Girls, who had an adult to trust for emotional support, did not engage in promiscuous, unprotected sex and less frequent…
Satanic Cult Rumors as Contemporary Legend
A Social-Psychological Theory of Collective Anxiety Attacks: The "Mad Gasser" Reexamined
This article presents a social-psychological theory to explain collective behavior involving unusual somatic reactions. The authors term this social phenomenon a “collective anxiety attack,” to distinguish it from the psychiatric label of “mass psychogenic illness.” First, the article contrasts fundamental assumptions of a psychiatric-medical interpretation with a social-psychological interpretation. Next, the article illustrates the difference u…
Satanic Cult Rumors as Contemporary Legend
Ritual Abuse and the Moral Crusade against Satanism
This article addresses the research question: What accounts for widespread belief in allegations of “ritual” child abuse by satanic cults in the absence of any verifiable law enforcement or scientific evidence? The hypothesis is that allegations of ritual abuse are manifestations of the social construction of an imaginary form of deviance which is being promoted by a moral crusade against satanism. Events of a satanic cult ritual abuse scare in E…
I Heard It through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Journal Article Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend, by Jeffrey S. Victor. Chicago: Open Court Press, 1993, 403 pp. $38.95; $16.95 (paper) Get access Thomas Robbins Thomas Robbins Rochester, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 55, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 373–375, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712069 Published: 01 October 1994
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Sociologist Victor began his involvement with satanic-cult phenomena by investigating a local panic centered in southwestern New York state. After an introductory section, his book begins with a description of this research, then proceeds with an excellent general review of recent fear about satanic cults in the U.S. He concludes that there is no evidence for the actual existence of organized satanic cults. -- Choice
Fundamentalist religion and the moral crusade against Satanism: The social construction of deviant behavior
This article presents a symbolic interactionist model of the social dynamics of moral crusades to define a new form of deviant behavior. It identifies the collective behavior processes through which a contemporary legend leads to the social construction of deviant behavior, particularly when underlying sources of social stress activate the search for scapegoats. The cognitive content of scapegoating is constructed when a frame for a perceived thr…
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
Anti-Cult Movements in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviant Behavior: A Theory and Application to the Case of Ritual Child Abuse
The objective of the article is to develop a theory of the causes and transmission of moral panics. The theory is designed to explain forms of collective behavior, previously labeled panics, scares and persecutions. Part one of this article presents criteria for the identification of moral panics. Part two of the article offers models for analyzing the social conditions, which cause moral panics and lead to the social construction of definitions …
A Social-Psychological Theory of Collective Anxiety Attacks: The "Mad Gasser" Reexamined
This article presents a social-psychological theory to explain collective behavior involving unusual somatic reactions. The authors term this social phenomenon a “collective anxiety attack,” to distinguish it from the psychiatric label of “mass psychogenic illness.” First, the article contrasts fundamental assumptions of a psychiatric-medical interpretation with a social-psychological interpretation. Next, the article illustrates the difference u…
Sluts and Wiggers: A Study of the Effects of Derogatory Labeling
This research investigated how poor teenage girls from the marginal teenage subculture react to persistent derogatory labeling from higher status teenagers and adult authorities. The research found that a supportive emotional bond with a mother or grandmother insulates a girl from the harmful effects of derogatory stereotyping. Girls, who had an adult to trust for emotional support, did not engage in promiscuous, unprotected sex and less frequent…
Psychology (9 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Legend (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)