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"What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities? In this third edition of his popular introduction, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies, examining in detail the criminal justice system, medicine, national security, and everyday life. Chriss blends theoretical discussion with a rich range of contemporary examples to illustrate the ways in which social control is exerted and maintained. The updated edition includes new or expanded material on autism, trauma and PTSD, sports participation, the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, domestic terrorism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing importance of social media in surveillance and informal control, among other topics. Social Control is essential reading for students taking courses in deviance and social control, and will also appeal to those studying criminology, the sociology of law, and medical sociology." --

Introduction -- Law and Society : An Overview -- Fundamentals of Law and Society -- Sociologists of Law : Classical and Contemporary -- Criminal Law -- Civil Law -- Administrative Law -- Law and Social Control -- Hunting and Forest Laws -- Are Judges Biased? -- Law School and the Legal Profession

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Understanding or Explaining Gouldner? -- 2 The Early Years and Industrial Sociology -- 3 The 1960s and Transition -- 4 The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology -- 5 Gouldner, Parsons, and the New Left -- 6 Ideology, Intellectuals, and the New Class -- 7 Nightmare Marxism -- Bibliography -- Index

1. Explaining the police -- 2. Three eras of policing -- 3. Policing in the Wild West -- 4. Integrity testing and the decision to arrest -- 5. Post 9-11 policing : a functional analysis -- 6. Elements of police discretion -- 7. The concept of proactivity : from indirect conation to modern municipal policing -- 8. Police as contact men and women -- 9. Security and private policing -- 10. Police and society : a summary of principles.

Beyond Community Policing uses history and general sociological theory to examine the trajectory of municipal policing from Britain in the 1830s to its adoption and evolution in the America.

In Confronting Gouldner James J. Chriss analyses the critical theory of sociologist Alvin W. Gouldner, exploring such issues as social justice, marriage and family, religion, political activism, public sociology, deviance and crime, and the problem of the communist dictator

This volume brings together cutting edge analyses of social control from leading scholars in the fields of sociology, criminology, and related social sciences. Its coverage is diverse from legal control (the criminal justice system), to informal control (everyday life), and medical control (including medicalization and public health)

There has been a revitalization of interest in social control over the last decade, and this volume contributes to renewed attempts to explain and conceptualize social control in all its diversity. It provides a broad conceptualization of social control which is unique. Rather than concentrating solely on law and legal control (the criminal justice system), there are also treatments of informal control (socialization, group formation and the controls exerted in everyday life) as well as medical control (norms regarding health and illness, particularly with regard to notions of 'normal' behaviour). This volume brings together cutting edge analyses both theoretical and empirical of social control from leading scholars in the fields of sociology, criminology, and related social sciences. Perspectives on Social Control is of interest not only to sociologists and criminal justice practitioners, but also to medical professionals (primarily for the focus on medical control or medicalization), as well as a wide array of scholars from a variety of disciplines concerned with the socialization process and the pressures toward conformity exerted by social groups in everyday life.

As a result of many years of reading about and teaching Max Weber's famous Protestant ethic thesis, I have developed an approach to covering this material in both my undergraduate and graduate theory courses which has been beneficial to students and has helped them make sense of the rather complex argument developed by Weber. I provide a working model of all such scholarly inquires linked to the Science Triad, culminating in a five-step approach to organizing and explaining the Weber thesis. In addition, I provide an annotated bibliography of selected scholarly ruminations on Weber's work in general and the Protestant ethic thesis in particular. ; Como resultado de muchos anos de leer y ensenar la famosa tesis de la ética protestante de Max Weber, he desarrollado un enfoque para cubrir este material, tanto en mis cursos de teoria de pregrado como de posgrado, que ha sido beneficioso para los estudiantes y les ha ayudado a dar sentido al complejo argumento desarrollado por Weber. Presento un modelo de trabajo de todas estas investigaciones académicas ligadas a la triada de la ciencia, que culminan en un enfoque de cinco pasos para organizar y explicar la tesis de Weber. Anado, ademas, una bibliografia comentada de reflexiones academicas sobre el trabajo de Weber en general y la tesis de la ética protestante en particular. ; Como resultado de muitos anos lendo e ensinando a famosa tese de Ética Protestante de Max Weber, desenvolvi uma abordagem para cobrir este material, tanto em meus cursos teóricos de graduação quanto de pós graduação, que tem sido benéfica tanto para alunos quanto para alunos. eles dão sentido ao argumento complexo desenvolvido por Weber. Apresento um modelo de trabalho de todas essas investigações acadêmicas vinculadas à tríade da ciência, culminando em uma abordagem de cinco etapas para organizar e explicar a tese de Weber. Além disso, acrescento uma bibliografia comentada de reflexões acadêmicas sobre a obra de Weber em geral e as teses da ética protestante em particular.