Society is possible through social control. Without social control society would remain in anarchy. Social control is the “concerted effort to limit and direct people's conduct by inducing conformity and preventing nonconformity (Welch, Lecture, 2011).” “Social control is any action, deliberate or unconscious, that influences conduct toward conformity, whether or not the person affected is aware of the process (Hemmens, Walsh, 2011, p.224).” Social control aims to create peaceful coexistence that allows society to live in a predictable manner. To the extent that members of a society respect the rules and expectations of the group, they will be able to know with some degree of certainty what others will do in a variety of situations (Hemmens, Walsh, 2011, p.224). ” Society could not function without a great deal of predictability. For example, drivers know not to run red lights because they have been socialized to understand the consequences of doing so. This allows drivers crossing green lights to predictably know they can do so safely. To ensure predictability, social control also works to minimize nonconformity and deviance. Nonconformity challenges society's sense of safety, security, fairness and freedom (Hemmens, Walsh, 2011, p.224). Social control is exercised through formal social control and informal social control. Formal social control is “the efforts of official agencies, acting in their designated capacity, to constrain and direct the conduct of people (Welch, Lecture, 2011).” Formal social control uses codified rules and regulations, or laws, that are punishable if violated. The criminal justice system uses formal social control in its practice. When individuals see... the center of the card... as quickly as possible. If the police had been more interested in protecting Ron's rights to a fair trial, Ron would have been protected from such a zealous investigation and prosecution. Due process is “equal treatment before the law; the constitutional mandate that criminal proceedings, from police to penal institutions, follow established rules or principles, that similar cases must be handled in a similar way, and that no one can be found guilty without sufficient safeguards against state power (Welch, Lecture, 2011).” If Ron's investigation and trial had taken the time necessary to ensure that his rights had not been violated and were not tainted by police negligence, Ron would not have been convicted of a crime he did not commit. An innocent man was subjected to a corrupt criminal justice system and almost died because his due process rights were violated.