Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Informal Social Control, Arson

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2253A/B
• Professor: Brenda Kobayashi

Document Summary

No specially designated persons in charge of enforcement. Arise when informal controls alone are insufficient to maintain conformity to certain norms. Instituted by the state and authorized to enforce conformity. Also imposed by agencies other than the state, such as churches, business, universities, clubs. As society complexes informal social control are replaced by formal social control, formal social control is i(cid:374)tegrated i(cid:374)to for(cid:373)al i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s of so(cid:272)iety. They are (cid:373)i(cid:374)istered (cid:271)y i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s (cid:449)o o(cid:272)(cid:272)upy positio(cid:374)s inside these institutions. The body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute and prosecuted and punished by the government. Conserved with public wrongs when you violate a law you harm the state. There might be an individual but they are represented by the state. Not a pri(cid:448)ate (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g or (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) t(cid:449)o i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals, it(cid:859)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the offender and the state. Laws in the criminal code, federal piece of legislation, all of canada, everyone.