Table of Contents

* Acknowledgments * Preface * 1. What is Social Control? * 2. A Typology of Social Control * 3. Informal Control * 4. Medical Control * 5. Legal Control * 6. Informal Control: The Urban Underclass, Housing Segregation, and the Code of the Street * 7. Medical Control: ADHD, Selective Mutism, and Violence as a Disease * 8. Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Growth in Imprisonment * 9. Terrorism and Social Control * 10. Conclusion: The Future of Social Control? * References

About the Author

J.Chriss, Associate Professor of Sociology, Cleveland State University

Reviews

"This book is a welcome tonic to a field that some claim is about to expire. If this book is any indication, that field is thriving." Erich Goode, State University of New York "Social Control provides a comprehensive, timely, and fascinating discussion of the various ways in which individuals, organizations, and states attempt to regulate human behavior. Chriss draws on an impressive range of scholarly work on social control and presents examples straight from the headlines to illustrate the changing nature of social control in modern society." James Tucker, University of New Hampshire "Interest on the topic of social control has increased in recent years, and this book is unique in that it integrates a variety of 'big' sociological ideas, both old and new, around the general issue of social control." Thomas C. Wilson, Florida Atlantic University