What is Social control?
'''Social control''' refers to the ways in which people's [[thought]]s, [[Emotions|feelings]], [[wikt:appearance|appearance]], and [[behavior]] are regulated in [[Society|social systems]]. Social control is described as a certain set of rules and standards in society that keep individuals bound to conventional standards as well as to the use of formalized mechanisms. ==Related pages== *[[Social order]] ==Other websites== *[http://sociology.about.com/od/S_Index/g/Social-Control.htm About sociology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515131625/http://sociology.about.com/od/S_Index/g/Social-Control.htm |date=2013-05-15 }} [[Category:Sociology]] {{Politics-stub}}