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Glossary: The Code of the Street

Terms from Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson's book, "Code of the Street," that he says residents of poor urban areas use to describe themselves. ALSO SEE: The Code Fueling Chicago's Youth Violence Code of the street: Set of informal rules governing public behavior, particularly violence. There is a proper way to respond...

The Code Fueling Chicago's Youth Violence

Elijah Anderson didn't need to watch the video of the beating death of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert or read about any other outbreak of violence among Chicago's youth in the past month to understand why they happened. The Yale sociologist has watched this coming for more than three decades – since he...

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11/16/10 Surveillance cameras proposed to combat 'no snitching'... Source: ABC - KOMO 4 - Seattle WA A "no-snitching" street code is such a problem in Seattle's Rainier Valley that some civic leaders want cameras installed to help police solve crimes.
10/13/10 Subdivision Codes Should Apply to Old Private Streets Source: Missourian - Washington MO Aldermen say a program to bring private roads under city ownership is more complicated than they realized.
08/17/10 Kenner street targeted for fourth time in code... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA Kenner code, Cox Cable and Entergy inspectors today swept two blocks of four-unit apartment buildings on Martinique Avenue, the site of the city's first-ever such code raid post-Katrina.