<P> Social control is considered one of the foundations of order within society . </P> <P> Roodenburg identifies the concept of social control as a classical concept . </P> <P> While the concept of social control has been around since the formation of organized sociology, the meaning has been altered over time . Originally, the concept simply referred to society's ability to regulate itself . However, in the 1930s, the term took on its more modern meaning of an individual's conversion to conformity . Academics began to study Social control theory as a separate field in the early 20th century . </P> <P> The concept of social control is related to the notion of social order, a concept identified as existing in the following areas of society: </P>

The contemporary criminal justice system is society's instrument of social control