The concepts 'Social Control' and 'Deviance' to me have more than one definition, my understanding of these terms is that they seek to group, control and define different types of antisocial behavior. In this essay I will reflect on how some topics are labeled as deviant as a result of social control. I will explain my initial understanding and opinions on these topics, going on to explain how they may have been modified, challenged, or strengthened after attending the classes, and using the sources available to me to expand my knowledge. Furthermore, I will use evidence from texts I have read to support these views and consider how they contribute to the internal relationship between "deviance" and social control. The key topics I will demonstrate this with are teenage mothers, eugenics, deviant bodies, and the cultural degeneration of travellers. These topics highlight key areas where deviant labels are assigned to groups of people through social control and how society has sought to control people's opinions to separate classes and control what should be seen as acceptable behavior. My understanding of social control prior to this module included how a society is governed, controlled and dictated. I thought the definition of social control was about how we live our lives and make decisions in accordance with 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 some way, even if most like... half of paper.. ....society tries to control what should be seen as normal, but as humans we are all individuals and there is no "norm", there is only an ideal self, how society would like everyone to be and conform .Works CitedFerrell, J. (2004) 'Boredom, crime and criminology, theoretical criminology, 8 (3) pp287-302Garland, D. (2008) 'On the concept of moral panic' in Crime, media and culture 4(1) pp.9 -30Hayward, K. and Young, J.(2004) 'Cultural criminology: some notes on screenwriting' 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 during 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.