Crime and Deviance - A2 Sociology AQA

Social Construction of Crime and Deviance

• Social Control: Social control is various methods used to persuade or force individuals to conform to the dominant social norms and values of a society or group.
• Formal agencies of social control: these are specifically set up to ensure this happens.
• Informal social control: this refers to when this is done without written rules.
• Newburn: Crime is a label that is attached to certain forms of behaviour which are prohibited (banned)