2.1 Explain forms of social control

Question 1

What is internal social control?

Answer 1

How we control ourselves from within and what we believe is right and wrong leading to us conforming to rules or breaking them

Question 2

What are the key forms of internal social control?

Answer 2

• Moral conscience + superego – Freud - we conform to rules as our superego tells us too, developed in early socialisation, restrains selfish urges of the id.
• Tradition - religion, e.g. Fasting during Ramadan

Question 3

What are some agencies involved in external social control?

Answer 3

parents, friends, teachers – links to skinner’s operant learning theory as Behavorial re-enforcement will deter undesired behaviour

Question 4

How is external social control in relation to the CJS?

Answer 4

• Police stop + search, CPS prosecutions, judges give sentences, - positive sanction = plea bargaining
• Coercion - police have been known to force confessions e.g. the Birmingham 6

Question 5

What 4 aspects influence an individuals relationship with law?

Answer 5

• Attachment – the more attached the more we care about opinions and are likely to respect norms
• Commitment – the more committed we are to conventional goals like a good job, the more likely we’ll have a conventional lifestyle away from crime
• Involvement – the more involved we are in law abiding activities like sport the less energy you must commit crime
• Beliefs - if you’ve been socialised to obey the law, you’re less likely to break it

Question 6

Parenting - what 3 things should parents do (Riley and Shaw)

Answer 6

• involve themselves and spend time with their children
• take interest in their lives
• show strong disapproval to crime