Description: "Unsparing and important.... An informative, clearheaded and sobering book."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
Brief description: Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of Black Studies at Yale University. In recognition of his pioneering research, he was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Prize in the field of Criminology in 2021 and the American Society of Criminology's Edwin H. Sutherland Award in 2025.
Review Quotes: A quarter century after its heralded appearance, Anderson's landmark volume continues to inform our understanding of how Black males in the inner city are vulnerable to racial oppression and neighborhood violence. Code of the Street is an enduring sociological classic that commands our respect and demands our attention.--Michael Eric Dyson, author of the New York Times best-selling Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America