7 Definers are identified. These are
people who are identified primarily
by their credentials and claim to
authority.MAYOR RAISES
POSSIBILITY OF A BREED
BAN.
PSYCHIATRIST TALKS
ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL
TRAUMA OF DOG ATTACKS.
27 SURGERIES LATER, PIT
BULL ATTACK SURVIVOR DR
EVA SMITH TELLS HER
STORY.
8 Criticism accelerates to mockery. WHAT KIND OF DOG HAS
FOUR LEGS AND AN ARM?
9 Consensus is reached. On a regional
or national level, there is widespread
acceptance and acknowledgement
that the group or event in question
poses a very real threat to society.CITY COUNCIL MULLS
MULTI-PRONGED
APPROACH TO RESOLVING
PIT BULL THREAT.10 Reactions and suggested remedies
are disproportionate, with long-term,
widespread and in extreme cases,
destructive results. Actual
resolutions sometimes result in a
change in the law, one designed to
further penalize the deviants and put
more stringent controls in place.PIT BULL ADOPTIONS
DOWN 80%. CITY REQUIRES
INSURANCE FOR PIT BULL
OWNERS. POLICE KILL TWO
PIT BULLS PLAYING IN
FENCED FRONT YARD.The cycle dies down, the media steps back and the panic fades quite
quickly. Because the underlying conflict has not been resolved, the issue
waits for a triggering event to resurface.^3
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