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Social control : an introduction / James J. Chriss.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Polity Press, 2022.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781509539512 (ePub ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 303.33 23 CHR
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Contents:
PART I UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL CONTROL1 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 Emerging Adulthood and Morality 7 Medical Control: Selective Mutism, Autism, and Violence as a Disease 8 Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Imprisonment Binge 9 Terrorism and Social Control 10 Conclusion: The Future of Social Control Notes References.
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 criminal justice system, medicine, everyday life and national security.
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General Books CUTN Central Library Social Sciences Non-fiction 303.33 CHR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 54666

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Previous edition: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL CONTROL1 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 Emerging Adulthood and Morality 7 Medical Control: Selective Mutism, Autism, and Violence as a Disease 8 Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Imprisonment Binge 9 Terrorism and Social Control 10 Conclusion: The Future of Social Control Notes References.

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 criminal justice system, medicine, everyday life and national security.

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