00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000002654 20221013012806 0010-0520002654 221013################|##########|#eng## 978-07456-3858-4 eng 303.33 303.33 CHR s Chriss, James J Social Control : An Introduction / James J. Chriss Cambridge : Polity Press, 2007 vi, 230 p.; 26 cm ; 26 cm Indeks : P. 224 - 230 P. 206 - 223 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, he uses a rich range of contemporary examples to illustrate the ways in which social control is exerted and maintained. He discusses events such as the terrorist attacks in London and New York, racial profiling, the use of surveillance cameras, urban ghettos, and the diagnosis of conditions like ADHD. 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 the sociology of medicine. Social Control 09676/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09677/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09677/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09676/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09676/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09677/MKRI-P/XI-2008