Social Control

• Define social control and define the two types.

  Social Control: Relates to the processes of regulating individual or group behaviour in a society which encourages conformity or obedience.

  1. Formal Social Control: Rules implemented through laws and regulations. These rules are enforced by authorised agents of governments or organisations and have formal sanctions if broken or defied.
  2. Informal Social Control: Exercised without stated rules or laws and are enforce by social networks. If these unwritten rules or laws are broken informal sanctions are executed.
• What are two examples of formal sanctions?

  Two examples of formal sanctions are fines and imprisonment.
• What are two examples of informal sanctions?

  Two examples of informal sanctions are shame, sarcasm, ridicule, social exclusion, and violence.