Social Control An Introduction
ISBN: 9780745654393 | 0745654398
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Polity
Pub. Date: 1/22/2013
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What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities? In this new edition of his popular and engaging introduction, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies, examining in detail the cr... MORE
Introduction
PART I UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL CONTROL
1. What is Social Control?
2. A Typology of Social Control
3. Informal Control
4. Medical Control
5. Legal Control
PART II CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL CONTROL
6. Informal Control: Housing Segregation, the Code of the Street, and the Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
7. Medical Control: ADHD, Selective Mutism, and Violence as a Disease
8. Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Growth in Imprisonment
9. Terrorism and Social Control
... MORE
PART I UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL CONTROL
1. What is Social Control?
2. A Typology of Social Control
3. Informal Control
4. Medical Control
5. Legal Control
PART II CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL CONTROL
6. Informal Control: Housing Segregation, the Code of the Street, and the Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
7. Medical Control: ADHD, Selective Mutism, and Violence as a Disease
8. Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Growth in Imprisonment
9. Terrorism and Social Control
... MORE
James J. Chriss is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Cleveland State University
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