A theory of social control structures is developed which (1) postulates that control agents' ideologies of deviance shape modes of treating deviants, (2) locates sources of strain in the social control network, (3) identifies points of role strain in the deviant career. The theory complements the model of the social control network as it consists of the sequence of potential agents who manage the deviant. The model applies to all forms of deviance, provides a dynamic perspective to the study of social control, and provokes questions as to both social control systems and the effects of system functioning upon individual participants.