What is social control? How do social controls become part of
everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in
exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to
prevent terrorist atrocities?
In this new edition of his popular and engaging introduction,
James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about
social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to
historical debates and more recent controversies, examining in
detail the criminal justice system, medicine, everyday life, and
national security.
Assuming no specialist knowledge on the part of readers, Chriss
uses a rich range of contemporary examples to illustrate the ways
in which social control is exerted and maintained. The updated
edition includes new and expanded discussion of the 2011 Tucson
shootings, post-9/11 counterterrorism laws in the transition from
the Bush to the Obama administrations, the death of bin Laden,
racial profiling, housing segregation and white flight, hate
crimes, (counter)surveillance and flash mobs, the diagnosis of
conditions such as ADHD, and agents of socialization in the areas
of work and consumption, religion, the family, and the mass
media.
This new edition of "Social Control: An Introduction" will be
essential reading for students taking courses in deviance and
social control, and will also appeal to those studying criminology,
the sociology of law, and medical sociology.
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