The authors extended Elijah Anderson's “code of the street” thesis to explain victimization
among a longitudinal sample of 720 African American adolescents from 259 neighborhoods …

Researchers studying the race–violence relationship have tended to focus on either
structural or cultural explanations. Although both explanations are important, they tend to be …

The study outlined in this article drew on Elijah Anderson's (1999) code of the street
perspective to examine the impact of neighborhood street culture on violent delinquency …

The concept of street efficacy, defined as the perceived ability to avoid violent confrontations
and to be safe in one's neighborhood, is proposed as a mechanism connecting aspects of …

Based on extensive field research, Elijah Anderson argues that the behavior of many youths
is influenced by a street culture or “code” that prescribes violent reactions to interpersonal …

The article reviews the literature surrounding street youth violence and victimization. It
examines the role backgrounds of physical and sexual victimization play in street youth [# …

The current study extended previous research with adults and boys to girls in the juvenile
justice system (N= 122; M= 16.7; SD= 1.3). Using a longitudinal research design …

Two waves of longitudinal data were used to examine the sequencing between violent
victimization, violent behavior, and gun carrying in a high-poverty sample of African …

Community-level factors such as disadvantage, disorder, and disorganization have been
linked to a variety of antisocial and illicit activities. Although crime and deviance tend to …

Neighborhood violence is a persistent source of danger, stress, and other adverse outcomes
for urban youth. We examined how 140 African American and Latino adolescents coped …