ABSTRACT

Human beings establish governments for economic development; to maintain the safety of their citizens; and to control the natural environment. Governments are given or take social control for their state to maintain social order. A government without social order cannot protect its citizens and the country cannot economically prosper. There have been examples of countries in chaos that lack order or economic prosperity. “The idea of social control is often associated with the physical or coercive powers of the police. It is certain that a police force is an important and prominent example of social control” (Chriss, 2013: 36).