Informal social control
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Informal social control

Informal social control is the reactions of individuals and groups that bring about conformity to norms and laws. It includes peer and community pressure, bystander intervention in a crime, and collective responses such as citizen patrol groups. The agents of the criminal justice system exercise more control when informal social control is weaker (Black, 1976). It is people who know each other informally controlling each other in subtle ways subconsciously.

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