Informal social control

Informal social control, or the reactions of individuals and groups that bring about conformity to norms and laws, includes peer and community pressure, bystander intervention in a crime, and collective responses such as citizen patrol groups.^[1] The agents of the criminal justice system exercise more control when informal social control is weaker (Black, 1976).

See also

• Social control

Sources

1. ↑ Conklin, J. (2007). Criminology. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.