AC 2.1

Question 1

what are forms of social control?

Answer 1

• internal
  -external

Question 2

what is internal social control?

Answer 2

-Rational ideology
-tradition
- internalisation of social rules and morality
-sense of self respect

Question 3

what are external forms of social control?

Answer 3

-coercion
- fear of punishment
- agents of social control- police, judges, prison guards

Question 4

what is social control?

Answer 4

-enforcement of conformity by society
- the influence of any element of social life
- society’s attempts to discourage behavior that harms society
- society’s attempt to make us conform to social norms and values

Question 5

what factors can control behaviour?

Answer 5

-family
-work
-peer groups
-legal system
-schools
-religion

Question 6

how can family control behaviour?

Answer 6

-develops the way that we understand right from wrong
-the possibility to shun us from the family if people move away from the norms

Question 7

how can work control behaviour?

Answer 7

-if you start breaking the work rules you run the risk of being fired

Question 8

how can peer groups control behaviour?

Answer 8

people are likely to act in a different way if they are in a group setting

Question 9

how can the legal system control behaviour?

Answer 9

they are the ones that create and enforce the laws

Question 10

how can schools control behaviour?

Answer 10

-schools have their own set of rules
-if the rules are followed there’s the risk that they will get detention

Question 11

how can religion control behaviour?

Answer 11

-each religion has different morals and rules
-e.g. Māori people see tattoos as sacred where as Judaism will not accept them

Question 12

what is rational ideology?

Answer 12

-Needed to achieve social control
-Conscience, feelings of guilt, anxiety and worry from within, guides you to reach a solution and follow laws and rules

Question 13

what does Jackson Toby say about internal social control?

Answer 13

individuals engaging in non-delinquent community activities felt they had too much to lose

Question 14

what does Ivan Nye say about internal social control?

Answer 14

youth are controlled even when free from direct control: their anticipation of parental disapproval through the development of a conscience

Question 15

what does Foucault say about internal social control?

Answer 15

the state molds the minds of its subjects so that individuals conform even when out of direct gaze of the punishing authorities

Question 16

what is an individual deterrence?

Answer 16

punishment imposed on offenders to deter them from committing crime

Question 17

what is a general deterrence?

Answer 17

fear of punishment that prevents others from committing similar offences

Question 18

what is control theory?

Answer 18

-Crime is normal
-Humans are driven by desires and needs
-Crime is something we would all do
-The reason we don’t commit crimes or do deviant acts is because of external and internal factors
-We have social order because of external and internal factors