Crime, Justice, and Social Control explores formal and informal dimensions of social control and demonstrates that law and the criminal justice system are set w

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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

"Explores government efforts to address social problems in the context of the criminal justice system"--

This first volume of a two-volume collection of essays provides a comprehensive examination of the idea of social control in the history of Europe. The uniquene