Social Control, Informal

Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.

Year introduced: 1968

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Tree Number(s): I01.880.630

MeSH Unique ID: D012927

Entry Terms:

• Informal Social Control
• Control, Informal Social
• Controls, Informal Social
• Informal Social Controls
• Social Controls, Informal

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Category
Social Sciences
Sociology
Social Control, Informal
Behavior Control
Coercion
Public Opinion
Punishment