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Assignment: The Code of the Streets
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Habel, Shelly. 2010. “Assignment: The Code of the Streets”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/assignment-the-code-of-the-streets.

Abstract


Elijah Anderson discusses the social and cultural dynamics of the interpersonal violence in the city, which he sees as undermining the quality of life in many urban neighborhoods. According to Anderson, there are two orientations that spring from the circumstances of life among the poor in the ghetto: that of "decent" families and of "street"...

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Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300

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