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14.5 KEY WORDS Social Control  Social Control: It refers to some form of organized reaction to unexpected NOTES activities.  Formal Social Control:An activity where the imposition of control has a legal base.  Coercion: The practice of attaining a specific goal by using compulsion or power.  Folkways: It refers to the informal means of social control in the sense that they are some customary norms which individuals conform to.  Mores: It refers to the established practices of the society rather than written laws. Theyare basically in the form of social regulations and have a significant impact on social conduct.  Customs: It refers primarily to practices that have been often repeated by a multitude of generations. 14.6 SELF ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Short-Answer Questions 1. Differentiate between formal and informal means of control. 2. What is the difference between folkways and mores? 3. State the concept of coercion. Long-Answer Questions 4. Discuss the various formal agencies of social control with suitable examples. 5. Discuss the informal agencies of social control. 14.7 FURTHER READINGS Black, D. 1976. The Behaviour of Law. New York: Academic Press. Cohen, S. 1985. Visions of Social Control. New York: Cambridge Polity Press. Horton, Paul and Chester Hunt. 1984. Sociology. Singapore: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Self-Instructional 241 Material

Social Control Horowitz, A. 1990. The Logic of Social Control. New York: Plenum Press. NOTES Johnson, Harry M. 1960. Sociology: A Systematic Introduction. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Limited. MacIver, R.M and C. Page. 1962. Society: An Introductory Analysis. New Delhi: Macmillan Publishers. Newman, William H. 1973. American Pluralism. New York: Harper and Row Publishers Inc. Sumner, William. 1906. A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. New York: Cosimo books. Self-Instructional 242 Material