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Street Codes, Routine Activities, Neighborhood Context, and Victimization: An Examination of Alternative Models

McNeeley, Susan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1382951840

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2013, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
According to Elijah Anderson's Code of the Street (1999), individuals in disadvantaged communities adopt a set of oppositional values, partly because demonstrating these values allows them to avoid victimization. However, the empirical evidence on the effect of the street code on victimization is mixed, with several studies finding that those who adhere to the values provided in the code are at greater risk for victimization. This study incorporates lifestyle-routine activities theory in order to better understand the relationships between subcultural values, opportunity, and victimization. Specifically, three theoretical models are tested. In the first model, the main effects of code-related beliefs are examined, net of activities. The second model proposes an indirect effect of subcultural values on victimization through an increase in public activities or lifestyle. The third model is interactive in nature; one's beliefs and activities may interact to increase the chances of experiencing victimization, with adherence to subcultural values affecting victimization to a greater extent for those who more often engage in public activities. Additionally, the extent to which the effects of subcultural values in the form of street codes and public activities vary by neighborhood context is examined. Using survey data from approximately 3,500 adults from 123 census tracts in Seattle, Washington, multilevel models of crime-specific victimization were estimated. The findings revealed that both public lifestyles and adherence to the street code were positively related to violent and breaking and entering victimization. In addition, the effect of the street code on both types of victimization was moderated by public activities; code-related values contributed to greater risk of victimization for those with more public lifestyles, but were protective for those who did not spend as much time in public. Implications for policy and theory that arise from these findings are discussed, as are suggestions for future research.
Pamela Wilcox, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Eric A Stewart, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Francis Cullen, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Wooldredge, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
169 p.
Criminology
victimization; code of the street; routine activities theory

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  • McNeeley, S. (2013). Street Codes, Routine Activities, Neighborhood Context, and Victimization: An Examination of Alternative Models [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1382951840

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McNeeley, Susan. Street Codes, Routine Activities, Neighborhood Context, and Victimization: An Examination of Alternative Models. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1382951840.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McNeeley, Susan. "Street Codes, Routine Activities, Neighborhood Context, and Victimization: An Examination of Alternative Models." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1382951840

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