What is the difference between formal and informal social control?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Formal control uses written sanctions, informal control uses social approval
- Step 1: Formal control relies on laws, police and courts. Step 2. Informal control relies on peers, family and gossip. Answer: written sanctions versus social approval. Why not the others: they reverse or invent the difference.
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