Social Control

social control

Tiny James

Professor Amanda Manning-Moses

Criminal Investigations-2

October 15, 2015

Social control

Three people were involved in the robbery of a local computer store-the defendant, an unknown masked accomplice who entered the store with him, and the driver of an automobile that the trio used to get away. A passerby noticed the plates of that vehicle as the robbery was in progress and reported it to the police. The vehicle was later traced and discovered to have been stolen two days before the robbery, the car was recovered and the defendant’s finger prints were found on the passenger door panel. There were several questions asked. (1) What evidence is available to the police? The license plate can be used as evidence. As well as the car itself, and the finger prints inside the vehicle. (2) What would be the best way to locate document and package the evidence? A trace is the best way to locate something that is no longer at the scene. Write the report about the vehicle and the findings inside. Put the evidence into the evidence holder so that it may be used again. (3) What photos would be needed? What does it mean to provide “Identification of Photographs”? Photos of the store being robbed and the “getaway car” would be good photos. Also sketches of the criminals can be very helpful. To use photos as a way to ID the perpetrator is what you mean to provide identification photographs. (4) Is a crime sketch necessary or helpful? Would you create a crime scene sketch for this case? Crime sketches can be very helpful when people see the crime taking place, but there are no cameras. Yes, I would create a crime sketch for this case. This scenario is a prime example of social control because it refers to the ways in which people’s thoughts, feelings, appearance, and behavior are regulated is social systems.

Social control, however, is mainly done through socialization is which people come to identify with social system...