RT Article
T1 Clarifying Control in Criminology: A Proposal for Six Interacting Controls of Crime
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 66
IS 3/4
SP 119
OP 141
A1 Linning, Shannon J.
A2 Eck, John E.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925342042
AB For over 40 years, criminologists have tried to distinguish between formal and informal social control. While formal control is synonymous with the state, informal social control remains elusive. Informal social control’s vagueness has three sources. First, there is no template guiding the definition of controls. Second, informal social control is too broadly defined and yet the formal-informal dichotomy does not account for all types of control. Third, the formal-informal dichotomy does not address how controls interact. We address the sources of vagueness by increasing clarity in three ways. First, we propose six elements that all definitions of control must meet. Second, we use these elements to define six types of control: state, place management, organization, intimate, self, and stranger. These six types give greater specificity than the formal-informal dichotomy, while preserving key ideas in the original. Third, we show how these six controls can interact. The result is a set of controls, with clear definitions, that criminologists can study scientifically.
K1 community criminology
K1 contrôle social formel
K1 contrôle social informel
K1 criminologie en milieu communautaire
K1 formal social control
K1 gestion du lieu
K1 Informal Social Control
K1 place management
K1 Stranger
K1 étranger
DO 10.3138/cjccj-2024-0053