◦ the development of an oppositional sub-culture ◦ a response to “alienation” the code...
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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:
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?”
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Code of the Streets
Gaining Respect◦ ◦
◦A violent, “zero-sum” game.
◦ Manhood, and the code as a shield
Code of the Streets
What is Justice?Key Concepts
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Doing Time on the Outside
Setting the stage◦Rising crime rate in DC
◦Demographic trends◦Martinson, 1974
◦Rise of “just desserts” model of punishment
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
How did we get here?
Arrests and Incarceration
The Incarceration Rate
Age of the Prison Population
Barring Blacks from White neighborhoods◦ ◦ ◦
Population shifts from the cities to the suburbs
Social Disorganization
The Creation of the Ghetto
Living in a socially-disorganized neighborhood◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
The Creation of the Ghetto
Becoming socially disorganized◦Signs of social disorganization
◦Consequences of social disorganization
The Creation of the Ghetto
The loss of human and social capital.◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
The Creation of the Ghetto
Loss of communityDifferent perspectives
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Incarceration as a response to public order
Value families no less than others
Missing fathers in ½ the familiesWhy are they missing?Collateral damage…
Incarceration and the institution of the family
Importance of families for socialization
Londa and Derek◦Network map on page 42◦ ◦
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Incarceration and Kinship
Addiction, the CJ System’s response to it, and the hardships of incarceration◦
◦Lying, erratic behavior, late night
disappearances, pleading for money, stealing
Incarceration and Kinship
Cycling through addiction and the system◦
Prisoner’s dilemma, the drug edition
Incarceration and Kinship
David’s network◦ But was that the only reason?
◦Cathleen and Davida◦ Shipping inmates out of state
◦Job or life?
Oh, what a tangled web…
Health in the inner-city◦Risks of a high-risk lifestyle
Oh, what a tangled web…
Far less likely to have health insurance (this should change, unless…)
Generally poor nutrition, which is related to income, can lead to health issues◦ ◦
Lower average age of death
Poverty and Health
Raises concerns because◦Prisoners in contact with staff who
mingle with general public◦ ◦Jurisdiction holding person in correctional
facility must pay for health care
Prisoner Health Issues
How incarceration undermines marriage and family development◦ ◦ ◦ Incarcerated, “street,” or “ex-con”
◦Some women “settle”
Incarceration and Marriage
How incarceration undermines marriage and family development◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Incarceration and Marriage
Quote on page 89 Why are fathers missing?
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Pulling families apart
As incarceration increases, rate of father absence increases than among middle-class families◦
But what does all this data mean?◦Caution –
Pulling families apart
Relationships are based on exchange Exchange requires
◦ And this trust must be accrued over the Poor families in neighborhoods where
incarceration rates are highest have fewer in life.
…but there is nothing different about these families, compared to middle-class families◦
Pulling families apart
Norms of reciprocity, again Accountability
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A collapse in -family breakdown The added burden of a non-reciprocal relationship
Exchange
Kenny’s contributions◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Kenny and the Code of the Streets◦
How long did it take for Kenny’s family to feel the effects of his incarceration?
Kenny
The extensiveness of this network Maintaining a family from multiple-states away…
“…deserving of the kind of open-ended relationship in which participants can call upon one another according to their needs” (117)
The of incarceration Difficulties faced post-incarceration
Lilly & Arthur
How to help your loved one in prison? The indignities (and stresses) of visitation◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Variation in application leads to frustration
The meaning of incarceration
How the incarcerated deals with his shame and guilt
What a child feels:◦ ◦ ◦
Two subjective views of incarceration
What a child feels:◦Stigma◦
in treatment of loved one in the hardships faced
◦The important need for
Two subjective views of incarceration
The issue of phone calls◦ ◦
Care packages Travel to and from prison Direct money contributions and gifts The “less tangible” costs
Direct and indirect costs
2/3rds of offenders employed Loss of “non-monetary” assistance (the lack of) Wealth Transmission◦
Material and Social Consequences
The role of racial disparity in the (criminal justice) system◦$300,000,000,000◦¾ Whites own homes compared to ½
Blacks◦ Blacks have 1/3 the assets of whites
Material and Social Consequences
The loss of and capital Increased marginal costs
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◦ The impact of a non-reciprocal exchange relationships
◦ Increased transaction costs◦ Social information exchange and the
establishment of◦ Sharing the burden through intimate relationships
Social Costs of Incarceration
Incarceration and Childhood◦Growing up too soon Sibs and household work
◦Sexual abuse◦Depression◦Truancy/running away◦Importance of fathers◦Scarred children (footnote page 103)
I believe that children are our future…
Pains of losing the loved one Fear for loved one in prison Increase in tensions within the family Loss of human connections The incarcerated faces additional worry about their loved ones on the outside
Emotional Costs of Incarceration
Feelings of loss◦
Lonliness Shame and guilt
◦ Eating and sleeping disorders academic performance
Children of the incarcerated
Father’s absence early sexual activity in girls
This leads to rates of teenage pregnancy
Which in turn is linked to:◦ educational attainment◦ career achievement
Costs Children Pay
Which in turn is linked to:◦ educational attainment◦ career achievement◦Health problems◦Inadequate social support for parenting
◦All of which leads to continued exposure to poverty, and the continuing of the cycle…
Costs Children Pay
Why don’t we know more about these issues?
Stigma defined the role of shame in punishment
◦ Stigmatizers and the Stigmatized Stigma and daily life
Social silence
The “self” as a transaction The looking-glass self/reflected appraisals The role of identity Identity hierarchy Identity as a transaction
◦ How identity influences social
interaction
The Presentation of Self in Social Life
Sticky stigma Stigma travels through social networks Stigma and Identity Reflected Appraisals
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The Hidden Cost of Shame
Stigma and social networks
Prayer as a way to cope with life’s problems.
Way to cope with problems on feels they have no control over◦
Religious beliefs and Religious communities
Religion as coping mechanism
Incarceration and Stigma are generally hidden
Speech is public. Silence and estrangement is private
“…a repression of public thought, of our collective imagination.”
Social Silence
Collateral damage of punishment How law shapes perceptions and identity
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Brining these stories to light
The failure of the criminal justice system “stems from a fundamental misapprehension of the social world, one that obscures the relationships individuals have with one another. By conceptually stripping individuals of their most common and fundamental commitments, policymakers have imagined that they can transform poverty-stricken neighborhoods through the sheer force of the sanctions imposed.”
Braman’s last word (pg. 224)