class4: Youth Crime in Context, Front/Back Stage of Drill

age crime curve

• goes up in 10 years

• tails off in mid 20’s

study based in amherst ny

• votes saftest/ one of the safest city in the US

• rich youth have more opportunities to be rationally modern → able to avoid the potentially devastating consequences

affluent places and regulative safety (parents and community)

• parents: more resources, more cultural capital, “over- parenting” and training

• community: anti-zero-tolerance policies, greater variety of resources to help kids in trouble

construction of crime:

place and time matters

rational safety

• based on trust, a necessity for modern “thin” relationships

• transition to adulthood- trust important for proper identity formation to deal with complexities of modernity

• communities with higher levels of crime have lower levels of trust

police more likely to make arrest for minor crimes in the inner cities

2011: about 12,000 youth were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana

inner cities have

fewer programs, diversionary resources than suburbs, authority figures use more punitive tools

goffman: life as a performance (“dramaturgical model”)

• front stage: putting on a show

• backstage: more authentic, vulnerable (perception)

• social media as a collapse of front and back stage

the ecology of drill

who faces the most risk in ecology of drill

CBE

who faces the most reward in ecology of drill

broader social structure/music industry

shoots are both protection in both

performance and reality

shoots: what is the cost of being a shooter?

• Frequent exposure to law enforcement

• Participation in crime increases, ergo potential for experiencing violence increases

• Shooting comes at cost of pursuing conventional means of success (for instance, school)

• Have to be armed, be a sort of bodyguard

• Instability of life, ongoing presence of threat

benefits of being a shooter?

• Shout outs– get credit

• Drillers act as big brothers– offers structure and support during difficult life transitions

• When drillers get famous, they bring their shooters along with them

wealthier suburbs have

youth crime--- they deal with it less punitively and have more resources to support youth experiencing trouble (“regulative safety”)

drill is part of a larger ecosystem —>

benefits flow up, risks flow down

shooters play a key role in the

“Front stage” and “Back Stage” of drill productions