ac 2.1 explain forms of social control

Question 1

what is social control

Answer 1

any strategies for preventing deviant human behaviour / persuading or compelling people to conform to society’s norms laws and expectations

Question 2

internal forms of social control:

Answer 2

• moral conscience / superego
• tradition and culture
• internalisation of social rules and morality

Question 3

what is moral conscience / superego?

Answer 3

• we conform to society’s expectations as our superego tells us to
• superego tell us what is right and wrong and inflicts guilt feelings on us if we fail to do as it urges
• develops through early socialisation within the family
• allows us to exercise self-control and behave in socially acceptable ways

Question 4

what is tradition and culture?

Answer 4

• culture we belong to becomes part of us through socialisation
• accept its values norms and traditions as part of our identity
• believers follow religious traditions conformity affirm one’s identity

Question 5

what is internalisation of social rules and morality

Answer 5

• socialisation we internalise these rules through socialisation whether from parents or wider social groups or institutions
• society’s rules and moral code become our own personal rules
• willingly conform to social norms

Question 6

what is ‘rational ideology’?

Answer 6

term that describes the fact that we internalise social rules and use them to tell us what is right and wrong

Question 7

what are external forms of social control?

Answer 7

• police and criminal evidence act 1984
• criminal justice system
• coercion
• fear of punishment

Question 8

what is the police and criminal evidence act 1984

Answer 8

• police have powers of detention and interview
• will use coercion and fear of punishment

Question 9

what is the criminal justice system

Answer 9

• police have powers to stop, search, arrest, and question suspects
• CPS can charge a suspect and prosecute them in court
• judges and magistrates have powers to bail the accused or remand them in custody and to sentence the guilty
• prison service can detain prisoners against their will for duration of their sentence

Question 10

what is coercion?

Answer 10

• the use of threat or force in order to make someone do something
• force may be physical (body injury) or non violent (strike/boycott) or psychological

Question 11

how do prisons use coercion?

Answer 11

• token economies
• visitation rights
• dehumanise prisoners
• volunteer work

Question 12

what is fear of punishment?

Answer 12

• makes people conform to laws
• general deterrence, right realists argue that the fear of punishment ensures that many would-be criminals obey the law

Question 13

what are agencies of social control?

Answer 13

• organisations/institutions that impose rules in order to control behaviour
  e.g family, school,religion,gov, CCTV

Question 14

what is the social bond control theory?

Answer 14

• explains why people don’t commit crime/why people obey the law
• Travis Hirschi believed individuals bond to society has 4 elements: attachment, commitment, involvement and belief

Question 15

element 1: attachment

Answer 15

• how much do we care about what others think?

Question 16

element 2: commitment

Answer 16

• what have we got to lose?

Question 17

element 3: involvement

Answer 17

• how involved are we with society?

Question 18

element 4: belief

Answer 18

to what extend to we believe obeying the law is the right thing to do?