Crime 3 - Social Control

What is the primary purpose of formal social control?

• To educate young people

• To control behavior in society

• To provide social services

• To embed society’s norms and values

Which of the following is an example of informal social control?

• Prison sentence

• Giving a fine by courts

• Arresting by police

• Grounding by family

According to Talcott Parsons, what is the benefit of informal social control?

• It reduces deviance

• It benefits the ruling class

• It offers education

• It provides employment

What do Marxists believe about social control?

• It is necessary for society to function properly

• It benefits all of society

• It ensures the ruling classes stay in control

• It is more severe for females

What is the correspondence theory according to Bowles and Gintis?

• It teaches young people the norms and values to be workers in a capitalist society

• It reduces deviance in society

• It ensures the ruling classes stay in control

• It provides more freedom to women

What criticism does Freda Adler have about the feminist view on social control?

• It benefits men

• It is out of date as women have more freedom today

• It is almost 50 years old

• It ignores the inequalities in society

Which sociologist agreed with the feminist view on social control that females are more severely controlled by society and this begins in the family home as children.

• Pat Carlen

• Bowles and Gintis

• Frances Heidensohn

• Freda Adler

According to Emile Durkheim, what is the role of social control in society?

• To maintain social order

• To promote individual freedom

• To ensure economic equality

• To challenge the status quo