Discuss the relationship between social control and imprisonment.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Varies. Formal social control is a main facet of the high incarceration rates in the United States. One in thirty-seven U.S. adults is under some form of formal social control or supervision by the state. This includes prison, jail, or probation, which are all institutions of social control. An aspect of imprisonment and social control is the mandatory minimum sentencing for specific crimes, meaning individuals must serve a certain amount of years in prison for an offense regardless of whether this is their first-time offense. The three strikes laws are another form of social control which increases imprisonment, and lastly the war on drugs is another form of social control that disproportionately impacts people of color and imprisons them at higher rates than their White counterparts.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Discuss how deviance is controlled and punished in the U.S. today.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Imprisonment in the United States
Difficulty Level: Hard
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