Social control is primarily of two types

flowchart
A(Social Control)-->B(Formal)
A(Social Control)-->C(Informal)

Formal
authoritative body enforces it, usually the state deliberate, not spontaneous

Formal Means of Social Control - Law - Legislation - Courts - Bureaucracy - Armed Forces

Informal product of socialization, internalized values “spontaneously evolved”

Informal Means of Social Control - Mores - Folkways - Religion - Customs