Societies practice social control to maintain
formal sanctions
social order
cultural deviance
sanction labeling

The correct answer is B. Social order

Explanation:

In the study of societies or sociaology, social control refers to multiple mechanims and practices includign negative and positive sanctions that aim at preinforcing social normls, values, behaviors, mores, etc. or in general tersm at preserving the social order already statblished. This also implies social control is a way of response to the deviance or violations of social norms and to avoid more individuals broke the order stablish by "punish" behaviros and actions that break the social order and by "rewarding" those that preserve it. Thereofere, societies practice social control mainly to maintain or preserve social order.

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