External forms of social control

Controls society put in place to ensure we conform to expectations and rules

1. Coercion

   • The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

   • The physical coercion happens using force while non physical coercion is more about threats and phycological coercion.

2. Fear of punishment

   • individual deterrence

     • punishment imposed to deter the individual from further offending

       • conditional discharge or suspended sentence

   • General deterrence

     • fear of punishment therefore preventing others from committing similar crimes

       • prison

       • Death penalty

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1. Rational choice

   • the rewards are higher than the consequences

   • Therefore it outweighs it which can encourage the individual into committing (or not) a crime