Techniques and strategies employed for preventing deviant human behavior in society
Social Control
carried out by authorized agents
Formal
used casually to enforce norms
Informal
a punishment or reward for conduct concerning a social norm
Sanction
governmental social control
Law
protections against governement abuse
civil libertires
our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society’s norms
control theory
labels society uses to devalue members of certain groups
stigma
behavior departing from social norms
deviance
conduct violating law and subject to punishment
crime
what causes crime is freewill
strain theory