The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany
Youth violence remains a concern in Germany, particularly in specific “risky” neighborhoods that tend to be socially segregated and ethnically diverse. In this paper we critically compare the results of twenty-seven qualitative interviews conducted in three risky neighborhoods in the German Ruhr are...
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| description | Youth violence remains a concern in Germany, particularly in specific “risky” neighborhoods that tend to be socially segregated and ethnically diverse. In this paper we critically compare the results of twenty-seven qualitative interviews conducted in three risky neighborhoods in the German Ruhr area with the code of the street. While this theoretical framework is frequently cited in explaining youth violence, it was based on research in an ethnically homogenous neighborhood in the United States and thus does not engage with questions of diversity. Our findings show that the core of the code of the street is also applicable in heterogeneous contexts, thus extending the generalizability of the theoretical framework. Manifestations of manhood, reputation, and symbolic power were found to be major elements of street culture, although characterized somewhat differently than in the original work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d34e19c5db0f40f78301c8940c6988ad2022-12-21T19:17:12ZengUniversity of BielefeldInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence1864-13852019-05-0113010.4119/UNIBI/ijcv.653244The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in GermanySebastian Kurtenbach0Abdul Rauf1Münster University of Applied Sciences, MünsterInstitute of Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG), Bielefeld University, BielefeldYouth violence remains a concern in Germany, particularly in specific “risky” neighborhoods that tend to be socially segregated and ethnically diverse. In this paper we critically compare the results of twenty-seven qualitative interviews conducted in three risky neighborhoods in the German Ruhr area with the code of the street. While this theoretical framework is frequently cited in explaining youth violence, it was based on research in an ethnically homogenous neighborhood in the United States and thus does not engage with questions of diversity. Our findings show that the core of the code of the street is also applicable in heterogeneous contexts, thus extending the generalizability of the theoretical framework. Manifestations of manhood, reputation, and symbolic power were found to be major elements of street culture, although characterized somewhat differently than in the original work.http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/653youth violence, diversity, code of the street, urban sociology, Germany |
| spellingShingle | Sebastian Kurtenbach Abdul Rauf The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany International Journal of Conflict and Violence youth violence, diversity, code of the street, urban sociology, Germany |
| title | The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany |
| title_full | The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany |
| title_short | The Impact of Segregated Diversity on the Code of the Street: An Analysis of Violence-related Norms in Selected Post-Industrial Neighborhoods in Germany |
| title_sort | impact of segregated diversity on the code of the street an analysis of violence related norms in selected post industrial neighborhoods in germany |
| topic | youth violence, diversity, code of the street, urban sociology, Germany |
| url | http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/653 |
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