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Social Control An Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0745654398

ISBN-13: 9780745654393

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: James J. Chriss

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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 criminal justice system, medicine, everyday life, and national security.Assuming no specialist knowledge on the part of readers, he uses a rich range of…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 12/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.88" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

James J. Chriss is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University. He research focuses on criminological theory, sociological theory, policing, and social control. His Most recent book is Social Control (2007).

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Understanding Social Control
What is Social Control?
A Typology of Social Control
Informal Control
Medical Control
Legal Control
Case Studies in Social Control
Informal Control: Housing Segregation, the Code of the Street, and the Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
Medical Control: ADHD, Selective Mutism, and Violence as a Disease
Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Growth in Imprisonment
Terrorism and Social Control
Conclusion: The Future of Social Control?
Notes
References
Index