Social control : an introduction
- Title
- Social control : an introduction / James J. Chriss.
- Published by
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2007.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- vi, 230 pages; 26 cm
- Summary
- James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies, examining in detail the criminal justice system, medicine, everyday life and national security.
- Subject
- Contents
- What is social control? -- A typology of social control -- Informal control -- Medical control -- Legal control -- Informal control : the urban underclass, housing, segregation, and the code of the street -- Medical control : ADHD, selective mutism, and violence as a disease -- Legal control : racial profiling, hate crimes and the growth in imprisonment -- Terrorism and social control -- Conclusion: The future of social control?
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-223) and index.