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The British Journal of Criminology 43:506-525 (2003)
© 2003 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

Code Switching and Inverse Imitation among Marijuana-using Crack Sellers

Ellen Benoit, Doris Randolph, Eloise Dunlap and Bruce Johnson*

*Ellen Benoit, Department of Sociology, Sarah Lawrence College, Doris Randolph, Eloise Dunlap and Bruce Johnson, National Development and Research Institutes.

The line between mainstream and deviant cultures is less clear than commonly assumed in the literature, evidenced by cases drawn from a longitudinal, ethnographic study of violence in 72 inner-city New York households. Using social-learning theory and Anderson's (1999) model of ‘street/decent’ code switching, we examine the extent to which three young African-American men socialized into ‘street’ culture incorporate ‘decent’ values in their lifestyles. For example, ‘street’ norms are consonant with decent' norms in that they prohibit the use of crack and heroin, but the stricture does not extend to the sale of those drugs or to the use of other illicit drugs.


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