Social control : an introduction
James Chriss explores social control and what it means in daily life
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Polity ,
c2013
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is social control?
- 2. A typology of social control
- 3. Informal control
- 4. Medical control
- 5. Legal 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
- 10. Conclusion: the future of social control?