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Marketized Mentality, Street Codes and Violence.

Stephen W Baron1

  • 1Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|September 21, 2020
PubMed
Summary

A marketized mentality fuels violent street codes and direct violence among homeless youth. This effect is amplified by risk-taking and association with violent peers, highlighting a need for targeted interventions.

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Area of Science:

  • Criminology
  • Sociology
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Examines individual-level extensions of Institutional Anomie Theory.
  • Investigates the role of a marketized mentality in developing violent street codes and direct violence.
  • Explores moderating effects of risk-taking and violent peers on marketized mentality's impact on violence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if a marketized mentality contributes to violent street codes and direct violence.
  • To assess if risk-taking and violent peers moderate the relationship between marketized mentality and violence.
  • To control for factors like physical abuse, homelessness, violent victimization, and social bonds.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized self-report data from interviews with 400 Canadian homeless youth (aged 16-24).
Keywords:
Code of the StreetInstitutional Anomie TheoryMarketized Mentalityviolence

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  • Employed Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regressions to analyze the data.
  • Controlled for established correlates of violence in the analysis.

    • Main Results:

    • Marketized mentality, risk-taking, violent peers, violent victimization, and social bonds predicted support for street codes.
    • Marketized mentality directly and indirectly (via street code) influenced violence.
    • The marketized mentality's effect on violence was stronger with higher risk-taking and violent peer association.
    • Physical abuse, violent victimization, risk-taking, and violent peers also directly impacted violence.

    Conclusions:

    • A marketized mentality can emerge even in economically marginalized populations.
    • This mentality can foster violent strategies for goal attainment.
    • Findings suggest interventions targeting marketized mentality and associated risk factors are crucial for reducing youth violence.