Social Control Systems

Code:

C200

Acronym:

SCS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S (since 19-09-2016 to 16-12-2016)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	64	Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To introduce students to concepts, theories and empirical research on social control, deviance and crime.

- To acquire the conceptual and methodological tools to analyse the main systems of social control and punishment of crime and deviance, particularly the criminal justice system in contemporary societies.

- To analyse and discuss relevant empirical and theoretical literature on social control.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester, students should:

• Have acquired the knowledge and the capacity to identify, analyse and communicate the main questions, the core concepts and the theoretical arguments of the sociological and criminological perspectives on social control;

• Be able to compare and contrast different approaches on the subject, as well as their contributions and limitations;

• Have acquired an historical view of the main processes and structures of social control, crime and deviance.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I - Introduction: conceptual and disciplinary domain, general theoretical and empirical lines of development, key issues and research topics.

II - Classical social theorists

1. Durkheim: social order, solidarity and punishment
2. Marx: relations of production, capitalism and punishment
3. Weber: authority bureaucracy and rationality
4. Further developments

III - Sociological and criminological developments on social control, deviance and crime

1. The legacy of the Chicago School: deviance, social disorganization and labelling
2. Functionalism and social control
3. Criminological theories of control
4. Conflict perspectives and radical criminology

IV - Social control, governmentality and governance

1. Michel Foucault: knowledge, technologies of power and subject
2. Stanley Cohen: visions of social control
3. David Garland: the culture of control
4. Governmentality, actuarialism and risk
5. Governance

V - Contemporary themes

1. Procedural justice, legitimacy and trust
2. Crime deterrence and social control
3. Social Disorganization, Social Capital and Collective Efficacy

Mandatory literature

Christie Nils; Crime control as industry. ISBN: 0-415-23487-5
Cohen Stanley; Visions of social control. ISBN: 0-7456-0021-2
Foucault Michel 1926-1984; Surveiller et punir. ISBN: 2-07-072868-0
Garland David; The^culture of control. ISBN: 0-226-28384-4
Garland David; Punishment and modern society. ISBN: 0-226-28382-8
Innes Martin; Understanding social control. ISBN: 0-335-20940-8
Landreville Pierre; Normes sociales et normes pénales

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes combine the exposition of the program contents with the realization of exercises of analysis and discussion of key issues of the Curricular Unit (CU) program, based on the indicated literature. These activities converge to the development of a written assignment, carried out in group, on one of the topics covered in the CU.

keywords

Social sciences > Criminology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

In order to successfully complete the CU, the student must:

• Perform the distributed evaluation (DE) and the final exam (FE);
• Obtain at least 8 values in each of the evaluation components (DE and FE);
• Obtain a final weighted score of the two evaluation elements equal or higher than 10 values.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Classification = 0,30xDE + 0,70xFE

Examinations or Special Assignments

The DE is a written assignment, carried out in group, about one of the topics indicated by the lecturers.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As established in applicable regulations.

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification is accomplished by final exam, and the DE element is considered in the calculation of the final grade.

Observations

Mandatory Bibliography (continued)

Black, D. (1984). Social control as a dependent variable. In D. Black (Ed.), Toward a general theory of social control (Vol. 1, pp. 1-36). Orlando: Academic Press.

Becker, H. (1963). Outsiders. In H. Becker, Outsiders. Studies in the sociology of deviance (pp. 1-18). New York: The Free Press.

Castel, R. (1991). From Dangerousness to Risk. In G. Burchell, C. Gordon & P. Miller (Eds.), The Foucault effect: studies in governmentality: with two lectures by and an interview with Michel Foucault (pp. 281-298). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Feeley, M., & Simon, J. (1992). The new penology: notes on the emerging strategy of corrections and its implications. Criminology, 30(4), 449-474.

Foucault, M. (1991). Governmentality. In G. Burchell, C. Gordon & P. Miller (Eds.), The Foucault effect: studies in governmentality: with two lectures by and an interview with Michel Foucault (pp. 87-104). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Foucault, M. (1997). Il faut défendre la socíété: cours au Collège de France (1975-1976). Paris: Gallimard. 

Garland, D. (1996). The limits of the sovereign state: strategies of crime control in contemporary society. British Journal of Criminology, 36(4), 445-471.

Hirschi, T. (1969). A control theory of delinquency. In T. Newburn (Ed.), Key readings in criminology (pp. 236-241). Abingdon: Willan Publishing.

Hudson, B. (1997). Social control. In M. Maguire, R. Morgan & R. Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (2^nd ed., pp. 451-472). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 

Johnston, L., & Shearing, C. (2003). Nodal governance, security and justice. In L. Johnston & C. Shearing, Governing security: explorations in policing and justice (pp. 138-160). London: Routledge.

Lemert, E. (1951). Primary and secondary deviation. In T. Newburn (Ed.), Key readings in criminology (pp. 212-213). Abingdon: Willan Publishing.

Melossi, D. (2004). Theories of social control and the state between American and European shores. In C. Sumner (Ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Criminology (pp. 32-48). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Merton, R. (1938). Social structure and anomie. In T. Newburn (Ed.), Key readings in criminology (pp. 165-169). Abingdon: Willan Publishing.

Moyer, I. (2001). The functionalist perspective. In I. Moyer, Criminological theories: traditional and nontraditional voices and themes (pp. 53-78). Sage: Thousand Oaks.

Moyer, I. (2001). Conflict/Radical/Marxist Theory. In I. Moyer, Criminological theories: traditional and nontraditional voices and themes (pp. 190-238). Sage: Thousand Oaks.

Rose, N., O’Malley, P., & Valverde, M. (2006). Governmentality. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 2, 83-104.