Towards An Understanding Of Social Control

Question 1

Without social order, there is said to be no what?

Answer 1

No agriculture, no industry, no trade, no economic investment, no technological development, no justice, no art, no science and no human advancement

Question 2

We need social control to be healthy?

Answer 2

Those held captive, when they are freed they are physically and emotionally destablished.

Question 3

If we have no social order, we’ve got no predictability?

Answer 3

If this happens then this will happen, life would be difficult, people would feel under threat a lot

Question 4

Social order is not the natural condition of mankind- for social order to come about, 3 problems have to be addressed

Answer 4

Social order requires cooperation and coordination
Individuals do not perceive cooperation to be in their best interest
How can we account for the existence of social order and society in general

Question 5

Do we cooperate out of necessity?

Answer 5

Hobbes argued that humans are inclined to cooperate and consent to the rule of others because they recognise that this sacrifice is preferable to a life that is ‘nasty, brutish and short’

Question 6

what is social order>

Answer 6

order consists of the predictability of human conduct on the basis of common and stable expectations

Question 7

is social order always desirable?

Answer 7

Conflict is necessary for change. May not always be what people want but is needed. Suffragette movement for example

Question 8

What are the two types of social control>

Answer 8

informal

formal

Question 9

what is formal social control?

Answer 9

legislation is involved by the enforcement of rules

Question 10

what is informal social control?

Answer 10

no legislation support e.g. swiping card in lectures

Question 11

how can we control behaviour? ASBO

Answer 11

anti-social behaviour order due to nuisance behaviour and disturbing others (doesn’t necessarily have to be against the law)

Question 12

controlling behaviour- congregation

Answer 12

2 or more people who congregate on a corner will be dispersed

Question 13

what are the 2 types of informal social control?

Answer 13

social ordering practices

organic social control

Question 14

what is social ordering practices

Answer 14

looking at the micro (how individuals interact with each other) level as opposed to the macro level (bigger picture)

Question 15

what does social ordering practises consist of?

Answer 15

rituals we do everyday without noticing allow us to predict how others will act.
How we behave certain ways in certain circumstances.

Question 16

What is the example used when social ordering practises?

Answer 16

Eye contact; how long do we keep it for? When do we break it? If we break it, we notice it, because we notice the rule

Question 17

what is organic social control?

Answer 17

our behaviour is influenced by mechanisms designed to control deviance.

Question 18

what is the example of organic social control?

Answer 18

CCTV. designed to stop deviance can be used to influence how non-deviant people behave. We are unaware of the influence it has on us

Question 19

what is ambient social control?

Answer 19

social control permeates, surrounds and pervades the conduct of the individuals, communities and social institutions. “we’ve never been controlled as much as this before.”

Question 20

Are all groups in society all subject to the same levels of social control?

Answer 20

No.
Women are subject to more intense forms of social control. Those deviant were dealt with in ways more medical which involved care. Early prisons for women were parents of bastard children focusing on carrying out domestic jobs. Women were told in courts to feel worse for deviating if they had children e.g. neglected the children

Question 21

what are the 3 levels of social control?

Answer 21

primary
secondary
tertiary

Question 22

what is primary social control

Answer 22

focusing on crime prevention

bringing about social control and maintaining it

Question 23

what is secondary social control

Answer 23

part of a job is social control, it is not the main job.

Question 24

what is tertiary social control

Answer 24

informal social change.

by intermediate groups e.g. church and neighbourhood watch