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Exploring the Complex Consequences of Poverty and Incarceration in Urban Communities

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This piece delves into the multifaceted consequences of poverty, including rising unemployment, deteriorating healthcare, and lower educational attainment. It discusses the emergence of the "Code of the Streets," highlighting how it shapes social behaviors and interactions in inner cities, resulting in cycles of violence and a quest for respect. The paper also examines the impact of incarceration on families and communities, emphasizing the loss of social and human capital, and the disintegration of familial structures. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for addressing urban social challenges.

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Exploring the Complex Consequences of Poverty and Incarceration in Urban Communities

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  1. Poverty – Consequences • Much higher levels of unemployment • Low levels of trust and social capital • Higher levels of divorce • Lower quality of health care

  2. Poverty – Consequences • Higher infant mortality rate • Lower educational achievement • More likely to drop out of school • Higher incidents of mental illness

  3. Code of the Streets • The development of an oppositional sub-culture • A response to “alienation” • The code “dictates” social interaction in the inner city • The code as a:

  4. Code of the Streets • Socialization at home and on the streets • The code is “just” • families • Generally accept “mainstream” values • families • Campaigning for Respect” • What is “respect?”

  5. Code of the Streets • Gaining Respect • A violent, “zero-sum” game. • Manhood, and the code as a shield

  6. Doing Time on the Outside • What is Justice? • Key Concepts

  7. How did we get here? • Setting the stage • Rising crime rate in DC • Demographic trends • Martinson, 1974 • Rise of “just desserts” model of punishment

  8. How did we get here? • The “objective” vs. the “subjective” • 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

  9. Arrests and Incarceration

  10. The Incarceration Rate

  11. Age of the Prison Population

  12. The Creation of the Ghetto • Barring Blacks from White neighborhoods • Population shifts from the cities to the suburbs • Social Disorganization

  13. The Creation of the Ghetto • Living in a socially-disorganized neighborhood

  14. The Creation of the Ghetto • Becoming socially disorganized • Signs of social disorganization • Consequences of social disorganization

  15. The Creation of the Ghetto • The loss of human and social capital.

  16. Incarceration as a response to public order • Loss of community • Different perspectives

  17. Incarceration and the institution of the family • Value families no less than others • Missing fathers in ½ the families • Why are they missing? • Collateral damage…

  18. Incarceration and Kinship • Importance of families for socialization • Londa and Derek • Network map on page 42

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