"THE CODE OF THE STREETS" BY ELIJAH ANDERSON

"The Code of the Streets" by Elijah Anderson

"The Code of the Streets" by Elijah Anderson

With regard to the book "Code of the Street Life on the street is never easy. As has been said that man can be a "smart" or "fortune." And that, for example, the "street smart" in such a man is someone who tends to survive. Survival and self-preservation has something to do with the personal view of the environment. If anyone thinks this is a comfortable environment, one tends to be more relaxed and carefree. Conversely, if someone thinks this is a dangerous environment, they tend to be more vigilant and aggressive. (Good, 2003)

As Elijah Anderson essay on urban anthropology, said that the "propensity for violence stems from the circumstances of life among the poor of the ghetto - the lack of jobs that pay wages, the stigma of race, the consequences of unbridled consumption drugs and drug trafficking, as well as a result of alienation and lack of hope for the future. " This is based on the social sciences, has shown that street violence could arise from the circumstances of life. This leads to social exclusion and lack of hope, which then causes a feeling of depression, loneliness and confusion. Then he said: "Only under these conditions young people live in areas of particular risk of falling victim to aggressive behavior." Now we can see that the structure may occur that in the coddling of crime, disorder and violence, people are accustomed to crime, disorder and violence will also occur. (Good, 2003), for whom the crime, disorder and violence to advance their ideologies. In Anderson's book, "Code of the Streets," described the status of civil law in some of the most economically depressed and drug-and crime-plagued by ...