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social control

social control Social control is a framework for understanding how behavior is shaped or restrained by different kinds of influence.

Social control is a framework for understanding how behavior is shaped or restrained by different kinds of influence. In this source, it includes formal control by state and community institutions, informal control through social relationships and moral influence, and self-control involving a person’s own regulation of feelings and habits.