title: Corrections, deviance, and social system stability.
abstract: Social control within a complex adaptive system is analyzed through the concept of requisite system variety in order to develop a conceptualization to assess the impact of various correctional modalities on social system viability. It is thus possible to critique contemporary strategies of criminal corrections in terms of their overall implication for social system change and to assess their potential contributions to long-run social system stability and adaptability.
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012926:Social Control, Formal