Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0655 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Social Control
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The idea
Social control is the set of mechanisms by which a society encourages conformity to its norms, running from a raised eyebrow to imprisonment.
In practice
Most social control is informal, immediate, and delivered by whoever happens to be present.
Where people slip
Formal control is visible and rare; informal control does nearly all of the work.
Your place on the trail
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