What is social control How do social controls become part of everyday life What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control‎?‎ Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities In this new edition of his popular and engaging introduction‎,‎ James J‎.‎ Chris carefully guides readers through the debates about social control‎.‎ The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies‎,‎ examining in detail the criminal justice system‎,‎ medicine‎,‎ everyday life‎,‎ and national security‎.‎ Assuming no specialist knowledge on the part of readers‎,‎ Chris uses a rich range of contemporary examples to illustrate the ways in which social control is exerted and maintained‎.‎ The updated edition includes new and expanded discussion of the 2011 Tucson shootings‎,‎ post‎-9/11 counterterrorism laws in the transition from the Bush to the Obama administrations‎,‎ the death of bin Laden‎,‎ racial profiling‎,‎ housing segregation and white flight‎,‎ hate crimes‎,‎ counter surveillance and flash mobs‎,‎ the diagnosis of conditions such as ADHD‎,‎ and agents of socialization in the areas of work and consumption‎,‎ religion‎,‎ the family‎,‎ and the mass media‎.‎ This new edition of Social Control‎:‎ An Introduction will be essential reading for students taking courses in deviance and social control‎,‎ and will also appeal to those studying criminology‎,‎ the sociology of law‎,‎ and medical sociology‎.‎