Gary Clapton

Senior lecturer in social work, University of Edinburgh. Also keen footballer...

[FACT @FACTukorg]

By focusing on #Savile, what were we NOT looking at? Great blog post by @VivCree @ClaptonGary & Mark Smith
http://t.co/ClKtHU8NBo

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Beware of being seen near children or animals, even when they are your own (if you are a man) http://t.co/llLwqu5UEt via @wordpressdotcom

[Viviene Cree @VivCree]

Historical abuse is difficult to square with present values:'The past is a foreign country...' http://t.co/hAISJswM4r via @wordpressdotcom

[Steve Kirkwood @KirkwoodSteve]

Sign up for the new CPD course on Evaluation Research Methods at the University of Edinburgh organised by yours truly http://t.co/wXuOnhTB8u

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@SocietyGuardian Keep Calm and Carry on. Or Why BASW Must Stop Escalating Fears and Anxieties http://t.co/9cD4Vn7OA7 via @wordpressdotcom

[Viviene Cree @VivCree]

Call for abstracts for papers at final seminar #moralpanics and the state, Cardiff: moralpanicseminars.wordpress: apply by fri 27 September

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@VivCree and I have just sent off latest in moral panics work, concentrating on 2012 press releases by child welfare and protection agencies

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@VivCree trying to tweet Guardian

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@SocietyGuardian moral panics: keep calm http://t.co/zK56rDr3ha

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@VivCree Hi Viv just working on my tweeting skills

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hi maggie, practising my tweeting

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point about Savile is that due process has not taken place (and now cannot) therefore all sorts of things can be attributed theagentapsley

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Ingredients of a mp? 'Facts' from a dodgy survey,a quote from an 'expert' and the 'there's more than weformat of press statements#swscmedia

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one sign of a moral panic is the phrase 'it's just the tip of the iceberg'@swscmedia

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one sign of a moral panic is the phrase 'it's just the tip of the iceberg'

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Taking part in #moralpanic debate next Tuesday 14th from 8 until 9pm @swscmedia. Background: http://t.co/75R0NDks via @wordpressdotcom

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Some background for next Tuesday's debate. A ‘Good’ Moral Panic? http://t.co/75R0NDks via @wordpressdotcom