SOCIAL

CONTROL
 WHAT IS SOCIAL
CONTROL?

It refers to a systematic
practices developed by
social groups to encourage
conformity and to
discourage deviance.
WHAT IS SOCIAL CONTROL?
According to Landis, social control is a
process, planned or unplanned, by
which people are made to conform to
collective norms. There are two basic
control processes. These are:

Internalization of group norms

as a result of the socialization
process. Internalization occurs
when individuals accept the norms
and values of their group and make
conformity to these norms part of
their self-concept.
WHAT IS SOCIAL CONTROL?
According to Landis, social control is a
process, planned or unplanned, by
which people are made to conform to
collective norms. There are two basic
control processes. These are:

Social reactions through external

pressures in the form of sanctions
whenever there are deviations from the
norms. People fear the negative
reactions from others once norms are
violated like condemnation, or being
the object gossip.
 TYPES OF SOCIAL CONTROL

INFORMAL
Informal social control
brings with it sanctions
and punishments when
one fails to follows FORMAL
accepted behavior. Under this means, rules are
written down and
laws specified. Members
then are expected to know,
obey, and follow the rules.
SOCIAL OSTRACISM
Giving no or little attention to the
individual or group.

Ostracism can cause pain that often is

deeper and lasts longer than a
physical injury.

A variety of species other than

humans have been observed using
ostracism, usually to strengthen the
group.
SOCIAL OSTRACISM
“Being excluded by high school friends, office
colleagues, or even spouses or family members
can be excruciating.” -UNKNOWN
“Being excluded or ostracized is an invisible
form of bullying that doesn’t leave bruises, and
therefore we often underestimate its impact.”
-KIPLING D. WILLIAMS
“When a person is ostracized, the brain’s
dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, which
registers physical pain, also feels this social
injury,” -KIPLING D. WILLIAMS
PROCESS OF SOCIAL
OSTRACISM
The initial acts of
being ignored or
excluded

Coping

Resignation
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL OSTRACISM
Increases anger Sadness.

Anxiety Contribute to
aggression and poor
Depression impulse control

Jealousy Reduces performance

on difficult intellectual
tasks
DIGNITY
came from a Latin word “dignitas” that
means “worthiness”.

a right of a person to be valued and

respected for their own sake ad to be
treated ethically .

denotes “respect” and “status”, and

often used to suggest that someone is
not receiving a proper degree of
respect.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity)
DIGNITY
Each person is worthy of
honor and respect for who
they are, not just for what
they can do and return to
you.
HUMAN DIGNITY
Recognition that human beings possess
a special value intrinsic to their
humanity and as such are worthy of
“respect” simply because they are
human beings.

Regardless of any factor as reasons we

can think of, individuals can have
inherent and immeasurable worth and
dignity; each human life is considered
sacred.
(https://-Www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk/themes/human-
dignity/resources/)
 MAJOR
VIOLATIONS
ON HUMAN
DIGNITY
HUMILIATION
• Refer to acts that
humiliate or diminish the self-
worth of a person or a group.

• Injuries to people’s self-

worth or their self-esteem.
INSTRUMENTALIZATION
•Refers to treating a person as an instrument or as
means to achieve some other goal.

DEGRADATION
•Refers to acts that degrade the value of human beings.
•Diminishes the importance or value of all human
beings.
DEHUMANIZATION
•Acts that strip a person or a group’s characteristics
•May involve describing or treating them as an animal or
as a lower type of human beings
REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES
The death penalty ruled as
violating the right to life and to
human dignity.

Workers violated by strip-search

after theft accusation.

Racism (humiliating black

workers)
 HUMAN RIGHTS
AND
THE COMMON
HUMAN RIGHTS AND
THE COMMON GOOD

GOOD
Common Good
The benefit or interests of all.

It is a term of art, referring to either

what is shared and beneficial for all or
most members of a given community, or
alternatively, what is achieved by
citizenship, collective action, and active
participation in the realm of politics and
public service.
What are
human
rights?
Human Rights
are rights inherent to all human beings,
whatever our nationality, place of
residence, sex, national or ethnic origin,
colour, religion, language, or any other
status.

We are all equally entitled to our human

rights without discrimination.
CHARACTERISTIC OF
HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights are universal

Human rights are inalienable
Human rights are indivisible
Human rights are interdependent
How do human rights
help you?
Human rights are relevant to all of
us, not just those who face
repression or mistreatment.

They protect you in many areas of

your day-to-day life, including:
The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
The atrocities of the Second World War made the
protection of human rights an international
priority.
The United Nations was founded in 1945.
The United Nations allowed more than 50
Member States to contribute to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948.
This was the first attempt to set out at a global
level the fundamental rights and freedoms
shared by all human beings.
 United Nations
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
16. Marriage and Family. Every grown-up has the
right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men
and women have the same rights when they are
married, and when they are separated.

17. The Right to Your Own Things. Everyone has the

right to own things or share them. Nobody should
take our things from us without a good reason.

18. Freedom of Thought. We all have the right to

believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion,
or to change it if we want.
19. Freedom of Expression. We all have the right to make
up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we
think, and to share our ideas with other people.

20. The Right to Public Assembly. We all have the right to

meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend
our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don’t
want to.

21. The Right to Democracy. We all have the right to take

part in the government of our country. Every grown-up
should be allowed to choose their own leaders
22. Social Security. We all have the right to affordable
housing, medicine, education, and childcare, enough
money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
23. Workers’ Rights. Every grown-up has the right to do a
job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade
union.
24. The Right to Play. We all have the right to rest from
work and to relax.
25. Food and Shelter for All. We all have the right to a
good life. Mothers and children, people who are old,
unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to
be cared for.
26. The Right to Education. Education is a right.
Primary school should be free. We should learn
about the United Nations and how to get on with
others. Our parents can choose what we learn.

27. Copyright. Copyright is a special law that

protects one’s own artistic creations and writings;
others cannot make copies without permission. We
all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy
the good things that art, science and learning bring.
28. A Fair and Free World. There must be
proper order so we can all enjoy rights and
freedoms in our own country and all over the
world.

29. Responsibility. We have a duty to other

people, and we should protect their rights and
freedoms.
30. No One Can
Take Away Your
Human Rights.
EXAMPLES
Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez

This 17-year-old has

been in the business
of trying to save the
world since age six.

“What's at stake right

now is the existence
of my generation,’’
Bana Alabed
The youngest was 8-
year-old Bana Alabed, a
Syrian refugee who took
to Twitter to broadcast
the nightmarish
experience of living in
Aleppo during the siege,
airstrikes, and hunger.
Sonita Alizadeh
Sonita Alizadeh has
taken a slightly less
traditional but no less
effective route to
fighting against the
patriarchal policies of
forced marriages in
her home country of
Afghanistan
Sophie Cruz
Sophie Cruz
proves that you
are never be too
young to make a
stand for what is
right.
 “We are here together making a
chain of love to protect our families,”
Cruz said. “Let us fight with love,
faith, and courage so that our
families will not be destroyed.” Cruz
was also the recipient of the Define
American Award f
Payal Jangid
After escaping
child slavery in
India, Jangid
became a
children’s rights
advocate