The handbook of social control / edited by Mathieu Deflem.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deflem, Mathieu, editor.

Series:

Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.

Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social control.

Justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2019.

Summary:

An essential resource that contains a contemporary overview of the concept of social control and its main approaches The Handbook of Social Control offers a comprehensive review of the concepts of social control in today's environment and focuses on the most relevant theories associated with social control. With contributions from noted experts in the field across 32 chapters, the depth and scope of the Handbook reflects the theoretical and methodological diversity that exists within the study of social control. Chapters explore various topics including: theoretical perspectives; institutions and organizations; law enforcement; criminal justice agencies; punishment and incarceration; surveillance; and global developments. This Handbook explores a variety of issues and themes on social control as being a central theme of criminological reflection. The text clearly demonstrates the rich heritage of the major relevant perspectives of social control and provides an overview of the most important theories and dimensions of social control today. Clarifies the most salient theoretical and conceptual issues involved with the social-scientific study of social control Considers the various societal organizations and agencies that are involved with the planning and execution of social control mechanisms Includes information on the history of incarceration, the dynamics of prison culture, the problem of mass incarceration, the resistance of abolitionism, and the death penalty Discusses the dynamics of border control and immigration policies Written for academics, undergraduate, and graduate students in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology, The Handbook of Social Control is an indispensable resource that explores a contemporary view of the concept of social control.

Contents:

Theories and perspectives

Social control : history of the concept / James J. Chriss

Deviance, social control, and criminalization / Robert F. Meier

Law as social control / A. Javier Treviño

Social geometry and social control / Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning

Discipline and governmentality / Steven Hutchinson and Pat O'Malley

Institutions and organizations

Social control in organizations / Calvin Morrill and Brittany Arsiniega

Psychiatric control / Bruce Arrigo and Heather Bersot

Juvenile justice / Shelly Schaefer

Social movements and social control / Sherry Cable

Criminal justice

Race and the criminal justice system / April D. Fernandes and Robert D. Crutchfield

Gun control / Gary Kleck

Restorative justice / Holly Ventura Miller and Rachel Rogers

Crime prevention / Kristie R. Blevins

Actuarial justice / Johann Koehler, Gil Rothschild, and Jonathan Simon

Law enforcement and policing

History of policing / Massimiliano Mulone

Police and technology / James J. Willis

Policing terrorism / Mathieu Deflem and Stephen Chicoine

Police and radicalization / Derek M.D. Silva

Police accountability and ethics / Toycia Collins and Charles F. Klahm

Punishment and prison

History of the prison / Ashley T. Rubin

Prison culture / Laura McKendy and Rose Ricciardelli

Mass incarceration / Roy Janisch

Abolitionism and decarceration / Nicolas Carrier, Justin PichA, and Kevin Walby

The death penalty / Paul Kaplan

Surveillance

Technologies of surveillance / Stephane Leman-Langlois

Surveillance and public space / Kiyoshi Abe

Countersurveillance / James Walsh

Surveillance in popular culture / Anna S. Rogers

Globalization

Border control / Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen

Immigration policies / Samantha Hauptman

International policing and peacekeeping / Michael J. Jenkins and John Casey

Human rights and social control / Joachim J. Savelsberg and Brooke B. Chambers

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80316-051-9

1-119-37239-9

OCLC:

1040074779