Social Control Theory

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Assignment: Social Control Theory

This week, you focused on how social control theories may explain behavior—deviant or criminal—and the different ways in which they are characterized or manifested by examining the origins of social control theories on behavior. In this Assignment, you write a paper that provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate your understanding of these concepts and how they are related.

Submit a 500-word paper in which you address the following:

Describe social control theory and include the following as part of your description:

2 or 3 examples of social control

2 or 3 systems of social control

2 or 3 agents of social control

Choose two pairs of social control and compare the forms of social control within each pair:

Direct vs. indirect

Positive vs. negative

Conscious vs. unconscious

Formal vs. informal

Real vs. artificial