CRCJ 4002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Control
2 Aug 2016
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Social control is about defining what is deviant and punishing what behaviour crosses the behaviour. Social control was a tool proposed to help us think about the manifestation of social order. It"s the concept that would allow soci to be a science. Started as a concept similar to domination and manipulation. 60"s and 70"s began showing the social reaction to deviance. So how to separate those who break the rules and those who follow them. What to do with those who break rules. Unity can be produced by serving the overall society or put at servant of dominant brutes (class control) Ross wanted to discover the secret of the making of social order. Social control should be about transforming someone ultimate goal from survival to happiness. Social control creates self-control and obedience for the overall good. Ross was worried we were too generous to people.
