Socialisation - Social Control Flashcards
- Social control
- Formal social control
- Informal social control
- Agencies of formal control
- Deviant behaviour discouraged
- Written / official
- Informal
- Organisations to steer conformity
Formal agencies
POLICE
Zero-tolerance policing
•started in New York
•stop smallest crime to prevent larger
Formal agencies
POLICE
Broken window theory
Wilson and Kellings
•people respond to disorder with more disorder
Formal agencies
POLICE
Broken window theory
Who’s theory is it
Wilson and Kellings
Formal agencies
POLICE
Marxist Views
•conflict policing - police a hostile outside force
-harass proletariat
•Althusser - repressive state apparatus
Formal agencies
POLICE
Functionalist views
Working for the community
Formal agencies
POLICE
Feminist views
•police unconcerned with women victim crimes eg DV and S.A.
-met with ‘a culture of disbelief’
Formal agencies
THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Key terms (2)
•the rule of law - treated equally
•presumed innocence - innocent until guilty
Formal agencies
THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Marxist views (4)
•rule of law not applied
-care more about property of bougioise
-harsher punishments for lower class
-white collar crimes ignored
Formal agencies
THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Functionalist views
(3)
•courts positive - social order protected
•highlights boundaries
-media reinforces
Formal agencies
THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Feminist views
•Heiderson - double deviancy. Punished for breaking gender norms and crimes
•chivalry thesis - statistically share shorter sentences
Formal agencies
GOV / MILITARY
Key terms: (2)
•Liberal Democratic Society - government independent from court, police enforce law
•Tolitarian Society - government controls law, police, dictatorship (eg North Korea)
Formal agencies
GOV / MILITARY
Marxist views
•gov uses military to oppress own citizens
-eg. British on Northern Ireland until 1990s
-Althusser - repressive state apparatus
