SOCIAL CONTROL IN THE COMMUNITY HOME, PART ONE

• NCJ Number: 36249
• Author(s): D R KIRBY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Association of Community Home Schools
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONTROL DEVELOPED BY CORRECTIONAL OFFICIALS IN GROUP HOMES IN ENGLAND WITHIN A FRAMEWORK PROVIDED BY SOCIOLOGICAL WRITERS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THREE CONCEPTS - THE TOTAL INSTITUTION, THE TRANSACTIONALIST CONCEPT OF DEVIANCE, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE INFORMAL SOCIAL SYSTEM. THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING AND UNDERSTANDING THE MORTIFICATION PROCESS, DEVIANCE AMPLICATION POSSIBLITIES, AND EXISTENCE OF INFORMAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS IN GROUP HOMES IS EMPHASIZED.