Sugar, Spice, and Street Codes: The Influences of Gender and Family Attachment on Street Code Adoption
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/01639625.2012.679887
ISSN1521-0456
Autores Tópico(s)Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
ResumoElijah Anderson's (1999 Anderson , Elijah. 1999 . Code of the Street . New York : W.W. Norton . [Google Scholar]) Code of the Street thesis argues that joblessness, alienation, structural disadvantage, and black status converge to explain higher rates of violence among African-American, inner-city males. Few studies examine whether a similar phenomenon extends to females. Additionally, few studies investigate how family attachment affects belief in an oppositional culture that Anderson calls "street codes." Using data from the National Youth Survey, the present study addresses these issues by examining whether boys actually embrace street codes more than girls, whether family attachment reduces the likelihood of street code adoption for both boys and girls, and whether the magnitude of the effect of family attachment on street code adoption differs between boys and girls. Ordinary least squares regression results indicate that boys embrace street codes more than girls, but a substantial number of females embrace them as well. Moreover, family attachment reduces street code adoption for both girls and boys.
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