Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: A n g ele s.H e h as written ex tensively on e th n o g r a p h ic an d field research methods.His substantive research exam ines both the official and indigenous identification a n d processing of "trouble" in a variety of set tings.His studies of the e v e ry d ay w ork circum stances a n d decision-making practices of of ficial social control ag e n ts a n d a g e n c ie s hav e focused on ju venile court judges, psychiatric e m e rg e n c y team s, junior high s ch o o l d e a n s , p ro secu to rial intake sc re e n in g , residential facilities for ex-mental patients, a n d le g al a id p ro g r a m s for a p p lic a n ts for d o m e s tic vio le n ce restraining o rd ers.His research on interpersonal trou bles a n d informal control has e x a m in e d stalking a n d hom e c areg iving for family m em bers with A lzheim eris d is e a s e , a s well a s ro o m m ate , n e ig h b o r a n d a d o le s c e n t troubles.71 skri Reflections on the Study of Informal Social Control ★ Endnote 1 Similar tendencies mark the sociolegal dispute trans formation model, which directly addresses processes of informal control by focusing on how interpersonal disputes arise an d evolve.This model assum es that the initial occurrence of an "injurious experience" (Felstiner et al., 1 9 8 0 -1 9 8 1 ) , then examines whether or not its recipient com es to perceive it as such, attribute blame, and ad v a n ce a claim b ased on it (Emerson 1992).
Source: Sociologisk Forskning
DOI: 10.37062/sf.43.19295
Author: Robert M Emerson
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2899729567