deviance is relative/ agents of social control

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  • Created on: 04-02-13 18:47
why is deviance not relative?(3 details)
some laws are standardised e.g. european law on smoking, human rights act-slavery etc. incest
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what are the formal agents of social control? ( 5 details )
the government, the police, the court system, the penal system, the army
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how does the government control society?
through the houses of parliament, the government makes laws to control behaviour
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how does the police control society?
enforces the law
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how does the court system control society?
courts decide how to punish people that break the law
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how does the penal system (prisons and sanctions) control society?
these are the different ways people that break the law can be punished and controlled
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how does the army control society?
the army defends a country, but may also be called in to prevent large scale law-breaking
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