TY - BOOK AU - Carrier,Nicolas TI - The Problematic Restriction of the Concept of Social Control PY - 2006///. N1 - 43 N2 - The concept of social control was critical in the development of American sociology. This concept encompassed a variety of mechanisms seen as the foundation of social order in modernity. The so-called “social reaction perspective” has completely transformed the meaning of the concept, which is now most often seen through a deliberately restrictive sociological lens. This article identifies the major problems of such a restrictive view, which calls for the end of its sociological use UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-deviance-et-societe-2006-1-page-3?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -