Social Control

Social control is the processes of informal social control and formal social control of deviant behavior which falls beyond the bounds set by social norms. Social control is present in all societies, if only in the control mechanisms used to prevent its establishment in anarchic situations.

Formal social control is expressed through law as statutes, rules, and regulation. It is conducted by government and organizations using law enforcement mechanisms and other formal sanctions such as fines and imprisonment. Informal social control is expressed through custom, norms, and mores using informal sanctions such as criticism, disapproval, guilt and shaming.

Traditional society uses mostly informal social control embedded in its customary culture relying on socialization of its members to establish social order. As society becomes more complex more and more reliance must be placed on formal mechanisms.

In democratic societies the goals and mechanisms of social control are determined through legislation by elected representatives and thus enjoy a measure of support from the population and voluntary compliance.

Authoritarian organizations and governments in order to maintain control and regulate their subjects promulate rules and issue decrees but because of lack of popular support for enforcement must rely more on force and other severe sanctions such as censorship, expulsion and other limits on freedom. In extreme cases totalitarian governments such as those of the late Soviet Union or currently North Korea rely on the mechanisms of the police state.

Sociologists consider informal means of social control vital in maintaining public order, but recognize the necessity of formal means as societies become more complex and for responding to emergencies. The study of social control falls within the academic disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology.

See also: criminal justice, ethics

Commercial Usage: Social Control

Domain	Title
Books	Authority Without Power: Law and the Japanese Paradox (Studies on Law and Social Control) (reference) Mass Media, Social Control, and Social Change: A MacRosocial Perspective (reference) Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control (reference) The Invention of the White Race: Racial Oppression and Social Control (Vol 1 (Paper)) (reference) The Social Control of Mental Illness (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Social Control

Expression: Social Control

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Social Control

Modern Translation: Social Control

Language		Translations for "social control"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		social kontrol. (various references)

Dutch		sociale controle. (various references)

Finnish		sosiaaliseen tarkoitukseen tehty geneettinen analyysi (genetic analysis for the purposes of social control). (various references)

French		contrôle social. (various references)

German		soziale Kontrolle. (various references)

Greek		κοινωνικός έλεγχος. (various references)

Italian		controllo sociale. (various references)

Pig Latin		ocialsay ontrolcay

Portuguese		controlo social. (various references)

Russian		общественный контроль. (various references)

Spanish		control social. (various references)

Swedish		genanalys syftande till social kontroll (genetic analysis for the purposes of social control). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Social Control

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: collocations.
	-2 letters: collocation, colorations.
	-3 letters: colicroots, collations, coloration, iconoclast, oscillator.
	-4 letters: carillons, cilantros, cloistral, coactions, colicroot, collation, collators, colonials, colorants, colostral, consortia, contrails, cotillons, latosolic, locations, narcotics, ocotillos, tonsillar, tonsorial, tornillos, torsional.
	-5 letters: acrostic, antiroll, calorics, carillon, carotins, cartoons, cilantro, clarions, clitoral, coaction, coactors, collator, colonial, colonics, colonist, colorant, colorist, contrail, controls, coolants, corantos, corollas.
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Alternative Orthography: Social Control

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 63 69 61 6C 43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#99 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#110 &#116 &#114 &#111 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 0063 0069 0061 006C 0043 006F 006E 0074 0072 006F 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Definition
Social Sciences	Consists in the operation of all mechanisms that counteract deviant tendencies by checking or reversing the elements of motivation that tend to produce deviant behaviour. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Social Control involves family members and other people important in helping patients avoid drugs. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
social control of deviance	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Social Control

Definition: Social Control

Social Control

Noun

Specialty Definition: Social Control

Social Sciences

Specialty Definition: Social control

Crosswords: Social Control

Commercial Usage: Social Control

Books

Non-Fiction Usage: Social Control

Health

Expression: Social Control

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Social Control

social control of deviance

Modern Translation: Social Control

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Italian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

Anagrams: Social Control

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Social Control

53 6F 63 69 61 6C 43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C

01010011 01101111 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100

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0053 006F 0063 0069 0061 006C 0043 006F 006E 0074 0072 006F 006C

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Expression using "social control": Social Control Policies. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.