The question (13 marks)
What is the purpose of social control? Distinguish formal from informal control, and resolve the conflicting claims made about which of the two is the more effective. (13 marks)
MU Module II, social control; pack ch. 02 §§7-9.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 2 · Crime, Deviance and Social Control of Sociology.
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