Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
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街道守则：内城的正派、暴力和道德生活
DOI：
10.5860/choice.37-2223
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发表时间：
1999
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影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
Elijah Anderson
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作者：
Elijah Anderson
市中心的美国黑人经常被随机的、毫无意义的街头暴力所定义。事实上，尽管暴力是一个突出的特征，但它的使用远不是随机的；它是通过一种非正式但众所周知的街头守则来管理的。你的着装，你的谈吐，你是否进行眼神交流，你对等级的理解--这些至关重要的细节可能会产生生死攸关的后果，年轻人尤其危险。在对市中心心理的剖析中，作者展示了代码是如何应对高薪工作的缺乏、种族的耻辱、猖獗的毒品使用、疏远和缺乏希望的。警察不行使任何控制，个人的安全和价值感取决于他在公共场合能获得多少尊重；这种尊重是基于身体和心理控制以及隐含的暴力威胁。对抗这一准则的最强大的力量是强大的、有爱心的体面家庭。不幸的是，街头文化蓬勃发展，往往有损礼仪，因为它控制着公共空间，因此有更好抱负的人往往会被准则纠缠在一起。
Inner-city black America is often defined by random, senseless street violence. In fact, although violence is a salient feature, its use is far from random; it is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. How you dress, how you talk, whether you make eye-contact, your understanding of the pecking order - such crucial details can have life-or-death consequences and young people are particularly at risk. In this anatomy of the inner-city psyche, the author shows how the code is a response to the lack of well-paid jobs; to the stigma of race; to rampant drug use; to alienation and to lack of hope. The police exercise no control, and the individual's safety and sense of worth are defined by how much respect he can command in public; this deference is based physical and psycholgical control and on an implied threat of violence. The most powerful force counteracting the code is the strong, loving decent family. Unfortunately, the culture of the street thrives and often defeats decency because it controls public space so that individuals with better aspirations are often entangled in the code.