What term refers to the assessment of agencies' success in social control?

• A. Currency
• B. Local Policies
• C. Access to Resources
• D. Effectiveness of Agencies

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is judging whether agencies actually achieve their goals in social control. The best term for that is the effectiveness of agencies, because it focuses on the results—do police, courts, and corrections reduce crime, deter disorder, and rehabilitate offenders? It’s about whether actions lead to desired outcomes, not just what resources exist or what policies are in place.

Think of it in practical terms: evaluating effectiveness looks at outcomes like crime rates, clearance rates, sentencing results, recidivism, and public trust. Currency isn’t about performance, local policies are about rules in a area, and access to resources is about availability, not whether the agencies are succeeding in their aims. So the correct concept is effectiveness of agencies.