There has been a revitalization of interest in social control over the
last decade, and this volume contributes to renewed attempts to
explain and conceptualize social control in all its diversity. It
provides a broad conceptualization of social control which is unique.
Rather than concentrating solely on law and legal control (the
criminal justice system), there are also treatments of informal
control (socialization, group formation and the controls exerted in
everyday life) as well as medical control (norms regarding health and
illness, particularly with regard to notions of 'normal' behaviour).
This volume brings together cutting edge analyses - both theoretical
and empirical - of social control from leading scholars in the fields
of sociology, criminology, and related social sciences. "Perspectives
on Social Control" is of interest not only to sociologists and
criminal justice practitioners, but also to medical professionals
(primarily for the focus on medical control or medicalization), as
well as a wide array of scholars from a variety of disciplines
concerned with the socialization process and the pressures toward
conformity exerted by social groups in everyday life.
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Informal, Legal and Medical
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780857243461
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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