Drugs, Guns, and Disadvantaged Youths: Co-Occurring Behavior and the Code of the Street

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Andrea N.; Lo, Celia C.
Titel	Drugs, Guns, and Disadvantaged Youths: Co-Occurring Behavior and the Code of the Street
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 58 (2012) 6, S.932-953 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128709359652
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Weapons; Urban Areas; Violence; Disadvantaged Youth; Social Attitudes; Social Behavior; Drug Abuse; Males; Criminals; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; High School Students; Family Structure; Expulsion; Racial Differences; Fathers; Employment Level; Beliefs; Predictor Variables; California; Illinois; Louisiana; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Weapon; Waffe; Urban area; Stadtregion; Gewalt; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Straftäter; Jugendstrafvollzug; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Relegation; Rassenunterschied; Beschäftigungsgrad; Belief; Glaube; Prädiktor; Kalifornien
Abstract	Guided by Anderson's theory of the code of the street, this study explored social mechanisms linking individual-level disadvantage factors with the adoption of beliefs grounded in the code of the street and with drug trafficking and gun carrying--the co-occurring behavior shaping violence among young men in urban areas. Secondary data were employed from a sample of male inmates and a sample of male high school students. Data analysis indicated that the social disadvantage factor "absent father" significantly predicted this co-occurring behavior in the inmate sample, whereas the social disadvantage factor "history of expulsion" did so in the student sample. In both samples, race and adopting beliefs about gun carrying from the code of the street were significant predictors of drug trafficking and gun carrying. The results do not suggest that such code-based beliefs' impact on drug trafficking and gun carrying differs by race. Implications for social policy are discussed. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10