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What is a social control?

What is a social control? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any control, either formal or informal, that is exerted by a group, especially by one's peers
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Language, in this sense, was truly an instrument of power and social control.
He concludes that the nature of this coverage serves to marginalize the groups and assert a greater level of social control over them.
Biological expertise could thus be the basis of risk prevention strategies by a variety of agencies of social control.
Thus, public assistance apparently provides the financial, material, and social support that enhances the social control function of the family.
Even more insidiously, tracking information can be used to exert social control.
And yes, I do understand that marriage may have begun as a means of social control by the church.

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