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How well Wes Moore describes the culture of the streets, and particularly disenfranchised adolescents that resort to violence, is extraordinary considering the unbiased perspective Moore gives. Amid Moore’s book one primary theme is street culture. Particularly Moore describes the street culture in two cities, which are Baltimore and the Bronx. In Baltimore city the climate and atmosphere, of high dropout rates, high unemployment and poor public infrastructure creates a perfect trifecta for gang violence to occur. Due to what was stated above, lower income adolescent residents in Baltimore are forced to resort to crime and drugs as a scapegoat of their missed opportunities.
Exactly how culture impacts people depends on the environment of the culture as it can create deviant behavior. This theory is supported by Elijah Andersons’ Code of the Streets as, according to Anderson (2000), he indicates that crime is the result of varying cultural influences on the people within the community, specifically urban communities (p. 11). What better way to depict the effects of culture on a community than by comparing it to the community of Crenshaw? Crenshaw is filled with deviant behavior and this behavior has caused the people within the community to acclimate to it. Not only is the community filled with immoral behavior, but it is an area that is filled with struggling ethnic minorities.
Elijah Anderson, a Yale professor, developed the concept or theory entitled the “code of the street” which explains the reasoning for high rates of street violence among African-American juveniles in a Philadelphia community. The “code of the street” is the way of life for many living in poverty-stricken communities which attempt to regulate behaviors. Anderson observed that juveniles in inner-city neighborhoods who are exposed to racial discrimination, economic disadvantages and alienation from mainstream society may lead violent behavior. The strain, social learning, and labeling theories are all directly related to Anderson’s work.
Kids in the most disadvantaged neighborhood, with low family resources, bad schools, and neighborhoods characterized by violence are the ones who are being punished unfairly and are not given second chances. This is because of the discrimination and the bias of the criminal justice system against poor African-American communities, which represent a concentrated disadvantage in that case. Moreover it affirms the theory that the poor are more likely to get to prison because there is a bias in arrest such as the neighborhood social class that affects the presence of the police and their arrests. In that case 6th street is considered a neighborhood that represents communities that are disadvantaged, and therefore the presence of police is greater than necessary. Instead of having the resources from outside to ameliorate the conditions of the neighborhood and improve schools or academic institutions, the efforts and resources are being invested in the war against crimes, but without giving an alternative solution for their
Even though I was not elected to an office I ran for one of the more challenging seats. I ran for the assembly man for my city. While i did not make it I had to go into a tie breaker to decide who would represent the city of Portola in the House of Representatives. After discovering that I had lost the election I became more active in the city government and helped introduce a myriad of
The novel Wrong Side of The Court by H.N Khan consistently highlights a certain theme throughout the story: never let your destiny be controlled by the environment you were raised in. In the novel, our protagonist, Fawad Chaudhry lives in Regent Park, one of the most infamous neighborhoods in Toronto, widely known for being riddled with gang violence, firearm abuse, severe poverty, and overall terrible living conditions. At the beginning of the novel, Fawad and his two friends, Yousuf and Arif are in midst of getting pummeled by the “gang” of neighborhood bullies. This was until Abshir (Fawad’s Mentor) arrives, forcing the bullies to back off. After rescuing the trio from trouble, Abshir lectures them about involving themselves in the wrong community, quoting “Let them play gangster and see where that takes ‘em.
As Tom Arlen exclaimed that he has “lived here twenty years, and I’ve never known a gunman in Underhill to walk away that easy, no matter the circumstances” Underhill serves as the figurehead for all neighborhoods that the world has lost hope on and has been left to fend for itself. When one is raised in such an environment where murder and theft are so heavily occurring. It is nearly impossible to focus on the important things that help you develop into a mature young
Pleasantville: The Not So Perfect Community “Location, location, location.” When it comes to finding a place to live, location becomes a key factor in what can be a difficult decision making process. Oftentimes, people will choose to live in one neighborhood over another for a variety of reasons, including quality of life, access to transportation, infrastructure, diversity, and quality of schools. However, regardless of where someone decides to put down their roots, there is always going to be something about the area that the person would like to see changed.
The context can influence an entire generation, which will teach the future how not to learn. The City of New York was once a dark and scary place to live, a place filled with constant fear: “a city in the grip of one of the worst crime epidemics in its history” (Gladwell 151). When fearing a place, many people may associate a stereotypical picture of what a fearful city will appear to them. Dirt and grime everywhere, urine on walls, homeless people filling the streets, and broken windows from recent crime sprees. If a crime is associated with a broken window, and the window is not fixed then the crimes will continue.
When living in Canton Salchei I was living alone with my son Domingo Eliseo Vargas Perez. His father Diego Vargas Raymundo left our family about a year ago to go with another women. I did not know the women personally or her name. I just knew that she lived close to us. He village was close to where I lived with my family.
When it comes to low-crime, stable neighborhoods, and stable apartments, they usually experience little to no crime at all. Whether a neighborhood is high or low -income the same approach is taken and is generally employed by a police agency. Residents like to know that police are patrolling the area. Neighborhood watch programs would be helpful, but there is not any proof that that actually help or prevent crimes in the neighborhoods (San Miguel, 2005). Police responsiveness to stable complexes, drive-by visibility is usually almost not viable because some communities are gated areas and parking lots are almost impossible sometimes to just drive through.
In this paper I will be analyzing how living in a stressful, violent, and poverty-ridden environment in combination with racial discrimination can allow residents of that community too develop a “code of the street”, a set of informal rules to abide by. The two theories I will be connecting this matter to, is the social learning theory and social disorganization theory. More often, these street codes and rules are created by young gang members who manage and “run” the neighbourhood and have an influence. It is a requirement for every resident to not only be aware but abide by the rules, it does not matter the age, sex, or colour, but more where that individual resides, at times it may be for survival. Some of the rules in this code are
As a person goes through life he or she may wonder “Who am I?” and “What is my purpose?” The objective of this paper is to allow me to reflect and critically analyze who I am as a person. In this paper, I will discuss my social location and identity, my life experiences and my privileges and disadvantages.
However, in addition to these characteristics of places, the theory also will incorporate some spe- cific impacts of the five on the moral order as people respond to them. Four responses will be assessed: (1) moral cynicism among residents; (2) increased opportunities for crime and deviance; (3) increased motivation to deviate; and (4) diminished social control. Finally, the theory will sketch how these responses further amplify the vol- ume of deviance through the following consequences: (1) by attracting devi- ant and crime-prone people and deviant and criminal activities to a neighborhood; (2) by driving out the least deviant; and (3) by further reduc- tions in social control.
In 1997, Warner and Wilcox used data on 100 Seattle census tracts to test the intervening influence of local social ties, as the informal social control, on relationship between community structure conditions (poverty, heterogeneity and mobility) and burglary and assault rates. The results were quite fruitful and enlightening. Their findings showed that local
