crime and social control

Question	Answer
name some campaigns that changed laws	Sarah's law Anne ming law
what is the 3 models of moral panic?	the grassroots model the elite engineered model interest group theory
how theorised the 3 models of moral panic, and what year?	Goode and ben yehuda in 1994
explain the grassroots model	where panic orginates with the public, picked up later by the media and government
explain the elite engineered model	panic created by media/governement and creates a panic in political or social issue
explain interest group theory	panic originates from moral entrepreneurs e.g. police, government, religious organisations
what did Stanley Cohen say about social control?	as societies grow in size and complexity we need some form of social control to penetrate through society
explain the snoopers chart	a law which extends UK state surveillance
what is formal social control?	control by agencies whose primary purpose is to make people conform to law
what formal sanctions are there?	fines, house arrest, tagging, social services, imprisonment, death penalty
what is informal social control?	rules that aren't really laws, controlled by institutions whose primary purpose isn't social control
what informal sanctions are there?	detentions, shunning, verbal criticism

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