Dr. William Thompson

 

Publications: Conference Papers

1989

PornWars: Moral Enterprise, Pornography and Social Policy. American Society of Criminology 41st Annual Meeting. Reno. November.

    Snuff, Sex and Satan: Contemporary Legends and Moral Politics. Paper presented to the 8th International Conference on Contemporary Legend. Sheffield University.

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  2. The Soft Core: An Analysis of Pornography Available in Britain 1965-1990; its effects, and its Ramifications for Gender Identity. 25th Anniversary of Essex University Sociology Department. Essex. 

    Pretensions and Prejudice: Pornography Content and the Current Policy Debates. American Society of Criminology 42nd Annual Meeting. Baltimore, November. 

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  4. Snuff, Sex and Satan: The Social Construction of Satanic Ritual Sex Abuse. B.S.A. Manchester. April. 

    Obscenity and the State: A History and Comparison of Recent trends in the Social control of Pornography in the United states, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. [With Cecil Greek and Francis de Theye.] The International Law and Society association meeting. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. June. 

    The Cross of Confusion - Satanic Ritual Abuse and Social Class. American Society of Criminology 50th Anniversary Meeting. San Francisco. November. 

    Anti Pornography Crusades and religious Fundamentalism: A Comparison of The United Status and The United Kingdom During The 1980s. [With Cecil Greek.] American Society of Criminology 50th Anniversary Meeting. San Francisco. November. 

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  6. Guilt By Association. Questions Of Homosexuality: Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference. Institute of Romance Studies. London.

    Feminism and The Debate Over Pornography in England and the United States: Theory and Praxis. [with Cecil Greek] American society of Criminology. 44th Annual Meeting, New Orleans. November.

    Creating Crime: Sex, Ideology and the British Experience. [with Alison King] American Society of Criminology. 44th Annual Meeting, New Orleans. November.

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  8. Filling The Basket: The Women's Cooperative Guild and self-help Consumerism 1920-1955. Social History Society Conference 1993, Roehampton Institute. London. January.

    Criminalising Smut: enforcement of Obscenity Laws in England and the United states During the 1980's and Early 1990s. British Sociological Conference, Essex University, 5-8th April 1993.

    Going in Deep: The Ethics and Future of Ethnography in the Twenty-First Century. British Sociological Conference, Essex University, 5-8th April 1993.

1994

    Taking on the Media 26-27th November 1994.

    Satanism and Abuse Religion in Contemporary Society Seminar, Oxford University, 1st December 1994.

1995

    Whose Abusing Whom Studies in Harmful Religion: An Exploration of Religious Abuse. 17-18 November. 1995. Kings College, London.

1997

Pornography and Sex Offenders: Myth and Reality British Society For the Advancement of Science. Leeds University. 10th September 1997.

1999

Rape of our Youth: Motives and Moral Enterprise behind the Internet pedophile Panic. 2nd International Conference of IASSCS. Manchester Metropolitan University.

2000

There was a Baby Lying Dead in a Window: a critique of Death in the Media. 5th International Conference on Death, Dying, and Disposal. Goldsmith College. 

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