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Social Structure and Social Control: Building Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Allen E. Liska
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Although always an integral part of sociology, the study of social control has waxed and waned. Originally, the concept was defined broadly as any structure, process, relationship, or act that contributes to the social order; indeed, the concepts of social order and control were indistinguishable. A consensus is now emerging that distinguishes social control from the social order it is meant to explain and that distinguishes among social control processes. One basic distinction is between processes of internal control or socialization and processes of external control. Recently, the study of social control is equated more with the latter than the former.

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Symposium: Crime, Class, and Community—An Emerging Paradigm
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Law & Society Review , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 1993 , pp. 345 - 353
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Copyright © 1993 by The Law and Society Association

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