Chriss, James J.

Social control: an introduction/ James J. Chriss. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013. - vii, 293 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Part I : Understanding Social Control

1. What is Social Control?

2. A typology of Social Control

3. Informal Control

4. Medical Control

5. Legal Control

Part II : Case Studies in Social Control

6. Informal Control : Housing Segregation, the Code of the Street, and the Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood

7. Medical Control : ADHD, Selective Mutism, and Violence as a Disease

8. Legal Control : Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Growth in Imprisonment

9. Terrorism and Social Control

10. Conclusion : The Future of Social Control?

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