SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Postcolonialism
Document Summary
Ways of controlling people"s behaviour in society. Definition: organized responses to crime, delinquency and allied forms of contested concept changing definitions deviant and/or socially problematic behaviour which are actually conceived as such whether in the reactive sense or in the proactive sense. Earlier definitions of social control emphasize all the things that give society structure, and socialization of people. Reactive: as a response to a deviant act. However most walk the line between either, such as regulations which are put in place as reactions, but are pre-emptive strikes to prevent future incidents. Changing social control social control shifts over time. Post-modern -> post-colonialism trends in social control. E. g. facebook, notion of identity and having multiple identities, being able to control your identity. Donald black: the social structure of right and wrong. A sociology of social control self-help form/style/quantity thinks you can predict social control outcomes based on social statuses and what not form: four different kinds of style:
