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Social Control, Informal

Known as: Informal Social Controls, Informal Social Control, Social Controls, Informal 
Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.
National Institutes of Health

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2013
2013
Community Participation in Crime Prevention: Informal Social Control Practices in Site B, Khayelitsha Township
The role of informal social controls and their sanctions are still given little attention in crime prevention field. Some people… 
2009
2009
Facilitating health-enabling social contexts for youth: qualitative evaluation of a family-based HIV-prevention pilot programme
This paper reports on a post-intervention qualitative evaluation of the pilot intervention of the AmaQhawe Family Project, in… 
2007
2007
Informal Logic and the Dialectical Approach to Argument
Undoubtedly, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair are two of the patriarchs of informal logic (IL), and they remain its most… 
2007
2007
A Partial Test of an Integrative Control Model: Neighborhood Context, Social Control, Self-Control, and Youth Violent Behavior
This study assesses an integrated control model to account for adolescent violent behavior. Neighborhood context is hypothesized… 
2005
2005
PRECOCIOUS TRANSITIONS AND SUBSTANCE USE PATTERNS AMONG MEXICAN AMERICAN GANG MEMBERS
Previous research has found that disorderly life events in early adolescence are associated with problem behaviors in late… 
2002
2002
Monitoring of Urban Growth of Informal Settlements (IS) and Population Estimation from Aerial Photography and Satellite Imaging
In the last 50 years the shape of cities has changed dramatically. People have started to migrate from rural areas, attracted by… 
2000
2000
Opium use in Turkmenistan: a historical perspective.
This paper presents a picture of how the patterns of opium use have changed in Turkmenistan over more than 100 years and the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
An 11-year follow-up of a network of cocaine users.
This paper presents findings from an exploratory 11-year follow-up study of a small network of cocaine users. These findings… 
1981
1981
Sociobiology and informal social controls of drinking: findings from two charismatic sects.
SuMMAaY. Group cohesiveness, conformity to group norms, psychological wellbeing and decreased drinking in members of the Divine… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
How Jews avoid alcohol problems.
Twenty-five years have passed since the last major study of Jewish drinking patterns. During that time Jews have drifted away… 
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