---
title: "SSSocSC3: Social Control and Deviance (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSSocSC3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSSocSC3
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SSSocSC3: Social Control and Deviance

Analyze the impact of social control on deviance in society.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSSocSC3.a**: Explain theories of social control, include: control and labeling theories.
- **SSSocSC3.b**: Explain conformity in relationship to deviance and social control.
- **SSSocSC3.c**: Describe adaptation, cooperation, accommodation, and competition in the context of social control.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.