AC2.1 - Explain Forms of Social Control Flashcards
What is social control?
Either informal or formal social control that’s exerted by a group of one’s peers, either passively or actively to regulate the group’s beliefs, principles and values.
What is external social control?
What is it based on?
Influence exerted by societies rules and regulations.
Based on pressure applied by agencies of social control to ensure that we conform to societies rules.
What is internal social control?
What is it based on?
Influence comes from within (knowing something is wrong).
Based on understanding of what’s right or wrong according to social values (moral conscience).
What are the 3 parts of Freud’s personality theory?
Give a brief explanation of each one.
The id: devil
The ego: the middle, you
The superego: angel
What is individual deterrence?
Punishment imposed on an offender to prevent them committing future crimes.
What’s an example of individual deterrence?
A suspended prison sentence.
What’s general deterrence?
The fear of punishment which prevents others from committing crimes through seeing the potential consequences.
What’s an example of general deterrence?
Having mandatory minimum sentences, e.g a life sentence for murder.
What are 2 causes of internal social control?
Tradition and your moral conscience.
What are 2 causes of external social control?
Coercion (physical threats) and fear of punishment.
What is Travis Hirshi’s theory of social control?
He theorised that people must form social bonds to prevent criminal behaviour.
What are Travis Hirschi’s 4 areas of social bonds?
Attachment (the more we care about someone, the more we respect their opinions), commitment (the more we are committed to a particular lifestyle, the more we risk losing it), involvement (the more we are involved in activities, the less energy we have for crime) and belief (believe its wrong to break the law through socialisation).
What is Walter Reckless’s control theory?
Containment theory, which focuses on what stops people from committing crime.
What are Walter Reckless’s 3 areas of containment?
Inner containment (comes from our upbringing and the influence of our family), outer containment (the influence of social groups, including societies laws) and combination containment (combination of internal psychological containment that prevent people from deviating from social norms).
