Definition of Social Control Definition of Formal
Methods of Social Control
Methods of regulating
people’s behaviour. Institutions specifically set up to enforce social
Encouraging them to control
conform to society’s norms
and values and Examples include:
discouraging deviant ● Prisons
behaviour. ● Courtrooms
● Police
Definition of
Informal Methods
of Social Control
Institutions and groups which are not directly concerned with
Crime and enforcing social control yet still play and important part in
Deviance - regulating the behaviour of others.
Social control
Examples include:
● Schools
● Parents
Definition of ● Media
Agents of Social ● Workplace
Control
Any institution that regulates
behaviour.
Essentially informal and
formal; all of the above.
Methods of Social Control
Methods of regulating
people’s behaviour. Institutions specifically set up to enforce social
Encouraging them to control
conform to society’s norms
and values and Examples include:
discouraging deviant ● Prisons
behaviour. ● Courtrooms
● Police
Definition of
Informal Methods
of Social Control
Institutions and groups which are not directly concerned with
Crime and enforcing social control yet still play and important part in
Deviance - regulating the behaviour of others.
Social control
Examples include:
● Schools
● Parents
Definition of ● Media
Agents of Social ● Workplace
Control
Any institution that regulates
behaviour.
Essentially informal and
formal; all of the above.
