RT Article
T1 I Ain't Gonna Let No One Disrespect Me: Does the Code of the Street Reduce or Increase Violent Victimization among African American Adolescents?
JF Journal of research in crime and delinquency
VO 43
IS 4
SP 427
OP 458
A1 Stewart, Eric A.
A1 Schreck, Christopher J.
A1 Simons, Ronald L.
A2 Schreck, Christopher J.
A2 Simons, Ronald L.
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639320776
AB The authors extended Elijah Anderson's "code of the street" thesis to explain victimization among a longitudinal sample of 720 African American adolescents from 259 neighborhoods. Specifically, the authors assessed whether the street code promotes greater safety or aggravates the risk for victimization. Anderson portrayed the code of the street, which encourages individuals to appear aggressive and tough, as an adaptation necessary for safely functioning in a disadvantaged, high-crime community. He theorized that adopting the street code promotes respect among one's peers and would-be attackers, thereby increasing one's safety against victimization. The authors found no support for the idea that adopting the street code reduces victimization. Instead, their findings suggest that individuals who adopt the street code have higher levels of victimization. Furthermore, adopting the street code exacerbates the risk for victimization beyond what would be the case from living in a dangerous and disorganized neighborhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
K1 Subkultur
K1 Nachbarschaft
K1 Jugendliche
K1 Kulturelle Codes
K1 Viktimisierung
K1 Gewalt
K1 Ethnische Minderheiten