Social Control

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  • Created on: 17-09-20 11:18
Define social control
A way to regulate, enforce, and encourage conformity to norms both formally and informally, particularly by ones’ peers
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Define conform
Adherence to accepted behaviors, norms, standards, and values; acting as expected; maintaining the status quo
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Define deviance
A violation of social or cultural norms
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Define sanction
A way to enforce rules through rewards for positive behaviour and punishments for negative behaviour
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How do you achieve social control?
Social control is achieved through social, economic, and institutional structures
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Define conform

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Adherence to accepted behaviors, norms, standards, and values; acting as expected; maintaining the status quo

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Define deviance

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Define sanction

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How do you achieve social control?

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