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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. In so doing, 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 studying courses in criminology and the social sciences, researchers with interests in the sociology of deviance and social control, and readers who want to understand the social forces that are shaping the world they live in.

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. They outline its history and politics in both Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world, discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess its relevance for contemporary Europe. 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. This will be essential reading for students and academics in political science, criminology, sociology, and legal studies.

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.
In this volume, James Burk selects from Janowitz's scholarly writings to provide a comprehensive overview of his wide-ranging interests. Organized to demonstrate the common logic of inquiry and substantive unity of Janowitz's contribution to several subfields of sociology, the collection includes analyses of the concept of social control, ethnic intolerance and hostility, citizenship in Western societies, models for urban education, and the professionalization of military elites.
Morris Janowitz taught sociology at the University of Chicago for twenty-six years. His numerous publications include Social Control of the Welfare State and The Last Half-Century: Societal Change and Politics in America, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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. In the second edition, in addition to general updating, Pfohl enhances material on race and gender in the hierarchical/patriarchal power structure. He also expands and elaborates upon the critical perspective, devoting the two final chapters to it.

"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. Focusing on gender, criminal behavior, law enforcement, village arbitration, and cultural rituals on inclusion and exclusion, Of Good and Ill Repute reflects the most current scholarship on medieval legal history, cultural history, and women's cultural studies.

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.
MICHAEL WELCH received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Texas and is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA). He has correctional experience at the federal, state, and local levels. His research interests include punishment and social control, and he has published numerous articles for academic journals, edited volumes, and other scholarly publications.   Also he is author of Detained: Immigration Laws and the Expanding I.N.S. Jail Complex (2002, Temple University Press), Flag Burning: Moral Panic and the Criminalization of Protest (2000, de Gruyter), Punishment in America: Social Control & the Ironies of Imprisonment (1999, Sage), and Corrections: A Critical Approach, (2nd edition, 2004, McGraw-Hill).

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 Book by Gordon C. Zahn
Reviewer: Rev. Ray Dubuque (East Haven, Conn. - USA)
It's a shame that only one reviewer has preceded me. If Catholics were reading this book, there would probably be many trying to undermine it, as there are the excellent book by another Roman Catholic scholar, John Cornwell.
Cornwell's book may be making a bigger splash because of his controversial title, "Hitler's Pope, the secret history of Pius XII". Both authors are obviously pained, as Catholics themselves, by the facts which they uncovered, and are not happy to be exposing the shameful record of their church regarding the Holocaust. But loyalty to God does not allow them to hide or misrepresent the truth about their church. And for that they are to be praised - by God, if not by all of their fellow Catholics! -
The prior reviewer does a great job of summarizing Gordon Zahn's book. I urge Christians as well as Jews to read both of these books, (...)
Detailed record of bishops' support for Hitler's war., April 12, 1999
Reviewer: A reader
This book exposes the powerful support for Hitler and his war on the part of the German Catholic hierarchy.
These men were, for the most part, anti-Nazi.
Their protests, however, were limited to complaints about harassment of Catholics, confiscation of religious property and the creation a new pagan cult.
For the most part they urged their flocks to support the Nazis, especially in World War Two.
Prohibitions against support of unjust wars had no affect on them and Zahn enumerates the reasons why.
First of all, Catholic teaching led them to support the secular government.
In this regard, the Pope's recognition of Hitler's regime as legitimate set a tragic example for all Catholics to follow.
Second, like most Germans, they were pained by their country's set-backs in World War One and yearned for Germany to attain the glorious role it deserved on the world stage.
Another contributing factor was, apparently, the important role that obedience to authority and duty to the fatherland played in German culture.
Finally, these men feared Communism. Communists had staged a number of unsuccessful coups in Germany in the years following World War One and Hitler was against Bolshevism.
Ironically, Zahn repeatedly refers to these men as heroes while portraying them as leaders gone astray.
Some had been active in the inter-war peace movement but Zahn quotes sermon after sermon in which they urge their congregations to serve loyally and lavish praise upon soldiers "defending" their country.
In a number of asides Zahn also calls into question the role of the bishops' opposite numbers in the Allied camp whom, he feels, betrayed their callings as well when they did not oppose the bombing of cities and demand for an unconditional surrender.

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
COVERAGE The institutions of marriage and family were threatened by the new methods of birth control which became available in the late 19th century. The first organization in England dedicated to advocating the practice of birth control was the Malthusian League. The library has Series 1: Journals and Papers of the Birth Control Movement. This collection contains Part 1: the complete run of its journal Malthusian from 1879-1921, and Part 2: the Eugenics Review from 1909-1921. The Malthusian documents the questions of population, wage issues, poverty, prostitution and from 1910 onward an increasing interest in eugenics. It also provides information on birth control, marriage, the family, poverty, prostitution, racial theories, and the whole area of women and social change.

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