SOC313H1 Lecture : Class 3 lecture notes
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January 24 history of social control practices. The history of control pratices is not linear, it s messy. Because there are many different actors at play within any social control field that could be pushing in different directions. E. g. punitive vs. harm reduction approaches to drug use. Due to industrialization, cities, the question arose what to do about social problems. Poor houses and policing as we know it. Till then policing wasn t an organization ensuring order the way it is now. Crime control wasn t in the hands of a separate institution. So, idea came about to organize a group of people as night watchmen, etc. At the same time the more well to do thought they should do something to help the less fortunate who can t help themselves. The control and welfare system began to intertwine. Society started thinking about social problems, and about their roots.
