Transcript Poverty * Consequences

Much higher levels of unemployment
 Low levels of trust and social capital
 Higher levels of divorce
 Lower quality of health care
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Higher infant mortality rate
 Lower educational achievement
 More likely to drop out of school
 Higher incidents of mental illness
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◦ The development of an oppositional
sub-culture
◦ A response to “alienation”
The code “dictates” social
interaction in the inner city
 The code as a:
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Socialization at home and on the
streets
 The code is “just”
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families
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◦ Generally accept “mainstream” values
families
 Campaigning for Respect”
 What is “respect?”
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Gaining Respect
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◦ A violent, “zero-sum” game.
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Manhood, and the code as a shield
 What
is Justice?
 Key Concepts
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 Setting
the stage
◦ Rising crime rate in DC
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◦ Demographic trends
◦ Martinson, 1974
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◦ Rise of “just desserts” model of
punishment
 The
“objective” vs. the “subjective”
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◦ 64 arrests within a two-block radius
◦ 120 men “admitted to the D.C.
correctional system…”
 25% of them on drug charges
 Others on charges related to drug
addiction
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Barring Blacks from White
neighborhoods
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Population shifts from the cities to the
suburbs
 Social Disorganization
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 Living
in a socially-disorganized
neighborhood
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 Becoming
socially disorganized
◦ Signs of social disorganization
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◦ Consequences of social disorganization
 The
loss of human and social
capital.
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 Loss
of community
 Different perspectives
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 Value
families no less than others
 Missing fathers in ½ the families
 Why are they missing?
 Collateral damage…
Importance of families for
socialization
 Londa and Derek
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◦ Network map on page 42
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