Agnew 6E Learning Objectives 12

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

1. Describe the characteristics of high-crime communities.

2. Describe trends related to the growth, and decline, of neighborhoods suffering from economic deprivation.

3. Draw on the leading theories to explain the high rates of crime and delinquency found in deprived communities.

4. Describe the role of street culture (especially the “code of the street”) in the development of youth violence.