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. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account.

Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. The final chapter further analyzes the choices, values, hidden agendas, and domain assumptions of various social control positions.To save this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. A concluding chapter on the practical and policy implications of the analysis is of special relevance to social workers and other practitioners. To save this article to your Google Drive account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. Visions of Social Control is a wide ranging analysis of recent shifts in ideas and practices for dealing with crime and delinquency.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Chapter 1 describes the foundations of the deviancy control system in the late 1700's and early 1800's, compares the historical models used to explain these developments, and examines several destructuring movements that appeared in the 1960's (decentralization, decriminalization, informalism, self-help, demedicalization, destigmatization, behaviorism, and neoclassicism). To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. If you do not have a society account or have forgotten your username or password, please contact your society. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. 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.