Books On Social Control

Social Control, Abstracts, Bibliography, Syllabus, Journals

Understanding Social Control Martin Innes Book

Women, Law, and Social Control Book by Alida V. Merlo, Joycelyn M. Pollock

Social Control and Political Order : European Perspectives. Roberto Bergalli, Colin S Sumner

Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan by Sabine Fruhstuck

The Social Control of Cities?: A Comparative Perspective (Studies in Urban and Social Change) Book by Sophie Body-Gendrot

On Social Organization and Social Control (Heritage of Sociology Series)
Morris Janowitz, James Burk (Book Editor)

Mass Media, Social Control, and Social Change: A Macrosocial Perspective  - Book by David Pearce Demers, K Viswanath, (Book Editor)

Test Card F : Television, Mythinformation and Social Control by Anonymous, Various

Religion, Deviance and Social Control Book by Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge

Deviance and Social Control: A Reader Book by Ronald Weitzer

Images of Deviance and Social Control Book by Stephen J Pfohl

Social Control in Slave Plantation Societies: A Comparison of St. Domingue and Cuba
Book by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall

Power and Persuasion: Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico by Stanley Brandes

Catholicism, social control, and modernization in Latin America (Modernization of traditional societies series) Book by Ivan Vallier

Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages (Cultures, Beliefs, and Traditions, Vol 4) Book by Jan M. Ziolkowski (Editor)

"Licentious Liberty" in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region: Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais Book by Kathleen J. Higgins

Serfdom and Social Control in Russia: Petrovskoe, a Village in Tambov Book by Steven Hoch

Social Control In Europe: 1800-2000 (The History of Crime and Criminal Justice)
Book by Clive Emsley, Eric Johnson, Pieter Spierenburg (Editors)

Punishment and Social Control: Essays in Honor of Sheldon L. Messinger (New Lines in Criminology) Book by T. G. Blomberg (Editor), Stanley Cohen (Editor), Thomas G. Blomberg (Editor), S. Cohen (Editor)

Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment, and Classification Stanley Cohen Book
Excellent and Inspiring

'Of Good and Ill Repute': Gender and Social Control in Medieval England Barbara Hanawalt Book

Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
Book by Sally S. Simpson, Alfred Blumstein, David Farrington (Series Editor)

Slaves and Masters in the Roman Empire: A Study in Social Control by K. R. Bradley

Punishment in America : Social Control and the Ironies of Imprisonment Michael Welch

The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States (Contemporary Social Issues (New York, N.Y.).) Book by William G. Staples

Policing, Surveillance and Social Control: Cctv and Police Monitoring of Suspects Book by Tim Newburn, Stephanie Hayman

Where the Law Ends: The Social Control of Corporate Behavior by Christopher D. Stone

German Catholics and Hitler's Wars: A Study in Social Control Book by Gordon C. Zahn

Social Threat and Social Control (Suny Series in Deviance and Social Control) Book by Allen E. Liska (Editor)

Social Control : Views from the Social Sciences (SAGE Focus Editions) by Jack P. Gibbs

Reviews:

Understanding Social Control Martin Innes Book
Develops an innovative argument about the nature and scope of social control in late-modern societies.
Understanding Social Control investigates how the concept of social control has been used to capture the ways in which individuals, communities and societies respond to a variety of forms of deviant behaviour. The book demonstrates how an appreciation of the meanings of the concept of social control is vital to understanding the dynamics and trajectories of social order in contemporary late-modern societies. Through an analysis of a range of different modes of social control including: policing, imprisonment, surveillance, risk management, audit and architecture, this book explores how and why the mechanisms and processes of social control are changing. The book will be of interest to those researchers with interests in the sociology of deviance and social control.

Women, Law, and Social Control (2nd Edition) Book by Alida V. Merlo, Joycelyn M. Pollock
Written by leading scholars, this collection of original articles examines women as offenders, professionals, and victims.

Social Control and Political Order : European Perspectives at the End of the Century. Book by Roberto Bergalli (Editor), Colin S Sumner (Editor)
Social control is a key concept within sociology, arguably one of the most important. This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding this concept and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe. Contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. Social Control and Political Order provides an in-depth examination of the debates on the possibilities and problems for social control as a core sociological concept.

Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan
Book by Sabine Fruhstuck
A sweeping study of sex, power, and knowledge in modern Japan, this ambitious work provides the first full-scale, detailed history of the formation and application of a science of sex from Meiji through mid-twentieth century Japan. Tracing the different uses made of sexual knowledge, the book brings to light the complex and subtle interplay between sexuality, scientific expertise, social control, and empire building.

The Social Control of Cities?: A Comparative Perspective (Studies in Urban and Social Change) Book by Sophie Body-Gendrot
The purpose of this chapter is to test the possible correlation between the impact of the globalization of the economy on the city, the growth of inequalities and of power conflicts, and the violence and crime which may ensue in specific segregated urban areas.

On Social Organization and Social Control (Heritage of Sociology Series)
Book by Morris Janowitz, James Burk (Book Editor)
On the basis of his studies, Janowitz came to believe that the transition from early to advanced industrial society radically altered institutional organization to make democratic social control more difficult, though not impossible, to achieve. The task of his "pragmatic sociology" was to identify fundamental trends in the social organization of industrial societies, to indicate their substantive implications for social control, and to clarify realistic alternatives for institution building which would strengthen the prospects for maintaining liberal democratic regimes.

Mass Media, Social Control, and Social Change: A Macrosocial Perspective  - Book by David Pearce Demers, K Viswanath, (Book Editor)
Many theories of mass communications deal with the issue of social control, but few are conceived specifically as theories of social control.

Deviance and Social Control: A Reader Book by Ronald Weitzer
Conveniently divided into five comprehensive parts, Deviance and Social Control provides readers with a selection of articles that examine core issues in the field of deviant behavior and social control.

Images of Deviance and Social Control Book by Stephen J Pfohl
A very scholarly, upper-level text examining deviance and social control using nine major theoretical perspectives. For each perspective, Pfohl describes the basic theoretical images of deviance; discusses dominant research strategies and social control policies; locates the perspective within a general sociohistorical framework; discusses its status today; and assesses its strengths and weaknesses. While primarily sociological, it spans the concerns of a variety of disciplines (criminology/CJ, anthropology, religion, psychology, medicine, political science), integrating references to literature, film, music, and painting to show parallels between images of deviance produced by scientists and those produced by artists. A persuasive theme is that power relations, which are socially organized, shape a person's perception, definition, and reaction to deviance; thus, the study of deviance and social control is decidedly political.

"Licentious Liberty" in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region: Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais Book by Kathleen J. Higgins
Reviewer: Fábio Pimentel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
"Licentious Liberty' in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region : Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais" is a wonderful examination of the interactions between masters and slaves in the gold-mining areas in eighteenth-century Brazil.

Serfdom and Social Control in Russia: Petrovskoe, a Village in Tambov Book by Steven Hoch
Everyday life of Russian serfs between 1800 and 1850 is reconstructed from Soviet archival records of one noble family through methods of historical demography. Topics covered include amount and kinds of food available to the peasants, housing conditions, household size, marriage patterns, and methods of social control.

Punishment and Social Control: Essays in Honor of Sheldon L. Messinger (New Lines in Criminology) Book by T. G. Blomberg (Editor), Stanley Cohen (Editor), Thomas G. Blomberg (Editor), S. Cohen (Editor)
While the scope and orientation of this new second edition remain the same, excluded are all personal tributes and references to Messinger's own contribution to the study of punishment and social control. In recognition of the continued growth and diversity of interest in this field, new chapters have been added and some of the original chapters have been updated and revised.

Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment, and Classification Stanley Cohen Book
Excellent and Inspiring
Reviewer: Hadar Aviram (Albany, California United States)
Stanley Cohen's Visions of Social Control is a unique book in criminological theory. It looks at imprisonment and its alternatives through a macro-historical perspective, comparing models and approaches all over the map, from Rothman to Foucault and Ignatieff.

'Of Good and Ill Repute': Gender and Social Control in Medieval England Barbara Hanawalt Book
Of Good and Ill Repute examines the problems of social control in medieval England in the later Middle Ages. In eleven interrelated essays, including three previously unpublished works, Hanawalt explores how social control was maintained in Medieval England. She examines the complex social regulations and stigmatizations that medieval society used to arrive at decisions about certain individuals.

Punishment in America : Social Control and the Ironies of Imprisonment
Book by Michael Welch
The overarching themes of Punishment in America are social control and the ironic effects of incarceration. In an effort to reduce crime, the criminal justice system ironically produces various self-defeating measures. Moreover, these pitfalls in current correctional policy and practice which neglect fundamental social inequality merely compound the problem of crime.

The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States (Contemporary Social Issues (New York, N.Y.).) Book by William G. Staples
The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States takes an intriguing look at the many ways in which people are increasingly monitored and controlled in everyday life. This provocative new book traces a continuum of social controls, from the simple surveillance camera to lie-detector tests. Raising questions about freedom, privacy, and the power of state and private organizations, this book will help readers identify with and understand the consequences of social control.

German Catholics and Hitler's Wars: A Study in Social Control Gordon C. Zahn

Social Control : Views from the Social Sciences (SAGE Focus Editions)
Book by Jack P. Gibbs
Scholars in political studies, criminology, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences assess the forms social control will take in the future. What role will the law, the mass media, or behaviour modification have in preventing socially undesirable actions or guiding the course of society? What will be subject to social control in the future? What will its impact be on specific institutions, the family, education, and politics? Social control of some sort is necessary: when does it begin to interfere with freedom?

Women and the Social Control of Their Bodies. Reading, Berkshire: Research Publications for the British Library of Political and Economic Science, 1988-. 8 reels