Ariel is intoxicated on a public street.Her friends who are with her begin to laugh at her as she stumbles.An elderly man passing by tells Ariel she should be ashamed of herself.Ariel asks her friends to call her parents to pick her up,but they ignore her.A police cruiser comes by and the officers ignore Ariel but begin to question her friends in an accusatory manor.In the distance a doorman can be heard yelling "and don't let that Ariel girl in here again." Who would you say is involved in social control activities?

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The elderly man, the police, her friends, and the doorman are all involved in social control activities. The elderly man by expressing disapproval, the police by questioning her friends, her friends by not assisting her, and the doorman by denying her entry, all exert forms of social control.

Ariel Is Intoxicated on a Public Street