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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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05/20/12 Elijah Q. Anderson Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque IA Elijah Quinn Anderson, infant son of Victor and Laura Anderson, of Dubuque, was born into heaven on May 13, 2012, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.
04/18/11 Elijah Anderson's The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race,... Source: Slate Elijah Anderson, author of The Cosmopolitan Canopy In the late 1980s, I fell in love with the discipline of sociology by reading books written by patient, perceptive observers like Elijah Anderson.
03/24/11 Grandfather says Anderson borrowed car Source: NBC - Action News KHSB - Kansas City MO Elijah Anderson's deposition was played at the beginning of day 4 of the Gevante Anderson murder trial.
11/08/10 Mother of 3-year-old testifies at his murder trial Source: The Morning Call - Allentown PA The mother of 3-year-old Elijah J. Strickland testified Monday in the trial of the man accused of fatally beating and torturing her son, speaking quietly and giving short answers when asked about her child.