RT Article
T1 The impact of segregated diversity on the code of the street: an analysis of violence-related norms in selected post-industrial neighborhoods in Germany
JF International journal of conflict and violence
VO 13
SP 1
OP 11
A1 Kurtenbach, Sebastian 1987-
A2 Rauf, Abdul
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1666363111
AB Youth violence remains a concern in Germany, particularly in specific “risky” neighborhoods that tend to be socially segregated and ethnically diverse. In this paper we critically compare the results of twenty-seven qualitative interviews conducted in three risky neighborhoods in the German Ruhr area with the code of the street. While this theoretical framework is frequently cited in explaining youth violence, it was based on research in an ethnically homogenous neighborhood in the United States and thus does not engage with questions of diversity. Our findings show that the core of the code of the street is also applicable in heterogeneous contexts, thus extending the generalizability of the theoretical framework. Manifestations of manhood, reputation, and symbolic power were found to be major elements of street culture, although characterized somewhat differently than in the original work.
K1 Youth violence
K1 Diversity
K1 Code of the street
K1 Urban sociology
K1 Germany
K1 Jugendgewalt
K1 Stadtsoziologie
K1 Kulturelle Codes
DO 10.4119/UNIBI/ijcv.653