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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, Elizabeth R, Groff, Sue-Ming, Yang   +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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Formal control and social control in domestic and international buyer–supplier relationships

Journal of Operations Management, 2009
AbstractFocusing on long‐term buyer–supplier relationships, this article addresses two questions: (1) What are the antecedents that lead to the adoption of formal control, social control, or both? (2) What is the nature of the relationship between formal control and social control ‐ are they substitutes or complements? We develop a model to investigate
Li, Y., Xie, E., Teo, H.-H., Peng, M.W.
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The Impact of Formal and Informal Social Controls on the Criminal Activities of Probationers

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2002
The monthly self-reported criminal activities, risk behaviors, and local life circumstances of offenders who began sentences of probation in northern Virginia were examined during the year prior to arrest, between arrest and probation, and during the first eight months of probation.
Doris Layton Mackenzie, Spencer De Li
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Formal Social Control and Mental Health: Ethnic Variation among Black Women

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 2023
The present study uses elements of the social stress and intersectionality theories to examine associations between forms of criminal justice contact and mental health among African American and Afro-Caribbean women. While mass incarceration disproportionately targets, detains, and affects Black populations, the experiences and ...
Ryan D. Talbert, Evelyn J. Patterson
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Drug Diffusion and Social Change: The Illusion about a Formal Social Control

The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 1994
Abstract: Evolution of the Italian penal legislation on illicit drugs. The ‘autonomous’ evolution of the spread of drugs and the lack of substantial response to the attempts at legal control. Structural socio‐economic change in the country. The connection between this change and the spread of drugs.
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Formal Control, Social Control and Guanxi in IT Outsourcing: A Study in Chinese Firms

2017
Despite the fast growing trend, it is reported that IT outsourcing in China is fraught with high rates of failure. The buyers of IT outsourcing services in China face difficulties in selecting service providers, negotiating managing contracts, and maintain good relationship due to a lack of systematic guidelines on which governance mechanism to deploy ...
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Crime in Cities: The Effects of Formal and Informal Social Control

Crime and Justice, 1986
This study examines the structural determinants of robbery and homicide offending in 171 American cities with a population greater than 100,000 in 1980. A macro-level social control model is presented that focuses on the consequences for formal and informal social control of police aggressiveness, jail incarceration risk, state incarceration, and ...
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Correlates of formal and informal social/crime control in China: An exploratory study

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2007
Abstract There are two major ways for a society to control its members, formal and informal. A major goal of both forms of control is to curb criminal behavior. Formal criminal justice control uses the law and official government agencies (e.g., police, courts, and corrections) to ensure compliance.
Shanhe Jiang, Eric Lambert, Jin Wang
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