Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment and Classification

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If you do not have a society account or have forgotten your username or password, please contact your society. There is a historical approach that highlights not only changes in criminal and deviant behaviour but also, continuities in this behaviour. Visions of Social Control Crime, Punishment and Classification by Stanley cohen, Polity Press, 1985. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Google Drive account.

It examines the deinstitutionalization and alternative forms of community control, diversion, disenchantment with the rehabilitative ideal, and the development of new ideologies and forms of intervention. This is an indispensable book for anyone who wants to make sense of the bewildering recent shifts in ideology and policy towards crime - and to understand the broader sociological implications of the study of social control. The final chapter further analyzes the choices, values, hidden agendas, and domain assumptions of various social control positions. He has produced an entirely original synthesis of the original literature as well as an introductory guide to the major theoreticians of social control, such as David Rothman and Michael Foucault. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases.Stanley Cohen, Visions of Social Control: Crime Punishment and Classification, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1985 x + 325 pp. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Please also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal, professional, political, institutional, religious or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work. Chapter 3 examines explanations for these trends and delineates five models of the relationship between social control policy intentions and consequences.

This is not just a book for the specialist in criminology, social problems and the sociology of deviance but raises a whole range of issues of much wider interest to the social sciences. Chapter 5 highlights these positions in terms of the power and interests of experts and professionals in determining the nature of control policy. In Great Britain, North America and Western Europe, the 1960's saw new theories and styles of social control which seemed to undermine the whole basis of the established system.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Stanley Cohen traces the historical roots of these apparent changes and reforms, demonstrates in detail their often paradoxical results and speculates on the whole future of social control in Western societies. A concluding chapter on the practical and policy implications of the analysis is of special relevance to social workers and other practitioners. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response.