The concepts of "social control" and "deviance" have more than one definition for me, my understanding of these terms is that they attempt to group, control and define different types of antisocial behavior. behavior. In this essay, I will reflect on how some subjects carry deviant labels due to social control. I will explain my initial understanding and views on these topics and then explain how they may have been changed, challenged, or strengthened after attending lectures and using the sources available to me to expand my knowledge. Additionally, I will use evidence from texts I have read to support these views and examine how these contribute to the internal relationship between "deviance" and social control. The key topics with which I will demonstrate this are teenage mothers, eugenics, deviant bodies and the cultural degeneration of travelers. These topics highlight key areas in which deviant labels are attached to groups of people through social control and how society has attempted to control people's opinions in order to separate classes and control what should be considered acceptable behavior.My understanding of social control Before this module, it encompassed how a society is governed, monitored and dictated to. I thought the definition of social control was about how we live our lives and make decisions according to a set of guidelines, rules and regulations established by a group of much more powerful and influential figures in society. I think that social control is not universal, all countries have completely different ways of controlling their society, and I also think that all societies need to be controlled in one way or another, even if most look like...... middle of paper ... society tries to control what should be considered normal, but as humans we are all individuals and there is no "norm", there is only one ideal self, how society would like everyone to be and conform to. Works Cited Ferrell, J. (2004) 'Boredom, Crime and Criminology, Theoretical Criminology, 8 (3) pp287-302 Garland, D. (2008) 'On the concept of moral panic' in Crime, Media and Culture 4(1) pp.9-30 Hayward, K. and Young, J. (2004) 'Cultural Criminology: Some notes on the script' in International Journal of Theoretical Criminology, 8 (3) pp.259-285Jones, O (2011). : The demonization of the working class. London: Verso. p1-10.Kennedy, Angie, C. (2008) “Eugenics, “degenerate girls” and social workers in the Progressive Era” Journal of Women and Social Work Vol 23 (1) pp 22-37Presdee, M (2000). Cultural criminology and the carnival of crime. London: Routledge. 245.