Social control : an introduction
by
 
Chriss, James J., 1955-

Title
Social control : an introduction

Author
Chriss, James J., 1955-

ISBN
9780745654386
 
9780745654393

Personal Author
Chriss, James J., 1955-

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
Cambridge : Polity, 2012.

Physical Description
vii, 293 p. ; 25 cm.

General Note
Previous ed.: 2007.

Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Understanding Social Control -- 1.What is Social Control? -- 2.A Typology of Social Control -- 3.Informal Control -- 4.Medical Control -- 5.Legal Control -- pt. II Case Studies in Social Control -- 6.Informal Control: Housing Segregation, the Code of the Street, and the Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood -- 7.Medical Control: ADHD, Selective Mutism, and Violence as a Disease -- 8.Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Growth in Imprisonment -- 9.Terrorism and Social Control -- 10.Conclusion: The Future of Social Control?.

Subject Term
Social control.


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