Formal and informal agents

• What are the two main types of formal agents?

  The police force and the government
• What did Waddington argue about the police systems views?

  That there is a canteen culture in the police force where they adopt racist and sexist views to fit in
• What are some examples of informal agents of social control?

  The family, religion, education and media
• What are informal agents of social control?


  They reinforce a general sense of what behavior is considered as deviant