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Formal and Informal Social Control of Family Violence

2022
Abstract When intimate partner violence (IPV) is deterred or completely avoided, children benefit by living in a more stable, secure familial environment free from violence. This chapter reviews the research literature, with a particular focus on the relationship between social control and IPV, organizing the literature on both formal ...
Clifton R. Emery, Alhassan Abdullah
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Racial Disparity in Formal Social Control

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2008
Prior research on racial disparities in arrest rates has been limited by an almost exclusive focus on two explanatory models, an inattention to the mediating processes identified in leading theories, and a relative neglect of nonindex crimes, for which police discretion is greater.
Graham C. Ousey, Matthew R. Lee
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Digital twins’ impact on organizational control: perspectives on formal vs social control

Information Technology & People, 2022
PurposeThis study examines the connection between different digital-twin characteristics and organizational control. Specifically, the study aims to examine whether the digital-twin characteristics exploration, guidance and gamification will affect formal and social control.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on an analysis of survey results ...
Juhani Ukko   +4 more
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Formal and Informal Social Controls of Employee Deviance

The Sociological Quarterly, 1982
Using the phenomenon of deviance by employees against the rules of the formal work organization as the behavior of interest, the differential saliences of both formal (i.e., management) and informa...
Richard C. Hollinger, John P. Clark
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Understanding and Controlling Hot Spots of Crime: The Importance of Formal and Informal Social Controls

Prevention Science, 2013
Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programs that address opportunity or structural factors related to crime are usually delivered to entire cities, sections of cities or to specific neighborhoods, but our results indicate geographically targeting these programs to specific street segments may increase their efficacy. We link crime incidents to
David, Weisburd   +2 more
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Two models of formal social control

Journal of Criminal Justice, 1984
In recent years there has been an increasing concern with the link between judicial decisions and the socio-political attributes of the environment in which courts function. Little attention has been paid to the link between attorneys' advice and that same court environment. This study fills the gap. In this paper two models of formal social control
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