March 6, 2013 Anthony “Tony” Oberschall, professor (now emeritus) of sociology at UNC Chapel Hill, wrote extensively – if not prominently – about the insanity of the Little Rascals case. How was Oberschall able to resist the storyline that seduced so many others? “Before retiring from UNC in 2005,” he recalls, “I taught in universities … Continue reading UNC sociologist sought to deflate moral panic