Social Control
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The central focus of this paper is the notion that the home can provide a locale in which people can work at attaining a sense of ontological security in a world that at times is experienced as threatening and uncontrollable. The paper... more
There are many histories of the police as a law-enforcement institution, but no genealogy of the police as a form of power. This book provides a genealogy of the modern police by tracing the evolution of ‘police science’ and of police... more
The essay deals with the judicial activity of a criminal court of the Regno Lombardo-Veneto in the firs half of nineteenth century. It is particularly analysed the legal reasoning of the judges in front of crimes which were submitted to... more
People abused by angry discipline as children, may tend to abuse or overly punish other people or themselves for perceived wrongs in their adult life. In some individuals, aggressive personality traits may be genetically inherited. The... more
Se ha abierto el debate sobre la violencia policial. Una cuestión que hasta hace poco solo parecía preocupar a los grupos más militantes, ahora recorre al conjunto de la sociedad en países como Francia o Estados Unidos. La misión de las... more
Innovation of communication technology, especially social media offer an interactive platform for young people to participate in political activities. Lack of informal social control reported by social scientists has a significant... more
The medical profession has always a high degree of autonomy. However, the rapid growth of health care costs that has started in the second half of the last century, has forced governments to tighten the control over medical practice and... more
This paper discusses the findings of research exploring the conduct of portfolio-based performance appraisal within medicine. Portfolios are now used throughout medical school and junior doctor training, in later specialist training, as... more
Social interactions provide a set of incentives for regulating individual behavior. Chief among these is stigma, the status loss and discrimination that results from the display of stigmatized attributes or behaviors. The stigmatization... more
This article presents a bibliographic review of the main trends of thought that have proposed models for the management of common-pool resources – CPR. It describes three generations of researchers; first, the conservative ideas of Garret... more
In the following study, the authors examine factors that explain citizen participation in crime prevention activities in Boston. Using survey data from a random sample, census data, and official crime and arrest data, the authors... more
Al rescatar ideas sociológicas para el campo de la cuestión criminal a partir de la sociología de la desviación (referencial teórico), el estudio analiza los desdoblamientos actuales de la criminología brasileña. A partir de la premisa de... more
[w:] Sławomir Czapnik, Aleksandra Kusztal (red), Płynna nowoczesność. Analiza krytyczna, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, Opole 2016, s. 159-177
The present paper will investigate pardon letters or “lettres de rémission” granted to soldiers by the Valois dukes of Burgundy from 1386 to 1482. During this period, the chancery records contain 885 remission letters by which the prince... more
Tulisan ini dibuat dalam rangka mengapresiasi peran media yang sedang berulang tahun ke-43, yakni Harian Pontianak Post yang jatuh pada hari Selasa, 2 Februari 2016. Sebagai awal dari pikiran ini, saya rujuk pendapat Alvin Toffler dalam... more
Extraits de l’argumentaire : « Les Journées d'études « Dans la boite noire des politiques de sécurité » organisées à l'université Paris 8 en juin 2016 ont mis à jour un certain nombre de points aveugles et de tensions dans la littérature... more
There is an ongoing American policy debate about the appropriate legal status for psychoactive drugs. Prohibition, decriminalization, and legalization positions are all premised on assumptions about the behavioral effects of drug laws.... more
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1993 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1993 Printed in the United States of America 020100999897 5432 ISBN (cloth):... more
Abstract: Measures introduced to tackle anti-social behaviour have been described as crime control through the coming together of social housing management and policing. This suggests that a new form of social control is coming into... more