LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Informal Social Control, Policy, Formal System
31 Aug 2016
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Everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. Law is one form of social control but there are many more. Social control: methods used by members of a society to maintain order and to promote predictability of behaviours. Internalization of group norms (i. e. dress code, incest, etc. ) There is no official group mechanism or. External pressure that involves the use of universal sanctions. Therefore, it involves a system of standardization, evaluations, and professionalization. person in charge. Securing conformity via reinforcement and punishment in a systematic and visible way (i. e. the military) Criminal sanctions the most highly structured formal system. It involves laws enacted by legislators and modified by the court decisions, define criminal behaviours and specify the sanction imposed by violations. Legalization: the process by which norms move from the social to the legal level its latest stage of formulation being the political.
