Anderson’s Code of the Street thesis suggests that stronger belief in, and adherence to, subcultural “street code” norms increases the risk of criminal and aggressive behaviors, particularly among adolescents and young adults in urban communities. This study uses a meta-analysis to assess the overall relationship between individual belief in the street code and risk of offending. Effect sizes (n = 38) from 20 unique studies produced a weighted correlation (r) of .11, indicating a belief in the street code had a positive association with offending across all studies. The effect is strongest for violent offending (.13) and among samples comprised of adolescents (.14), as predicted by Anderson’s theory. Even after accounting for competing theoretical and established correlates of offending, modest effects of street code beliefs on offending remained. These findings indicate that overall, the street code is a more general theory than Anderson originally predicted. Directions for future research on the code are discussed.

安德森街的代码论文表明在强大的信念，坚持，亚文化的“街头代码”规范提高刑事和攻击行为的危险性，特别是在城市社区青少年和年轻成年人。这项研究使用荟萃分析来评估个人对街道法规的信任与犯罪风险之间的总体关系。来自20项独特研究的效应量（n = 38）产生了加权相关（r）（.11），表示对街道法规的信仰与所有研究中的犯罪都有正相关关系。正如安德森理论所预测的那样，对于暴力犯罪（0.13）和青少年样本（.14）而言，这种影响最为明显。即使在考虑了犯罪的相关理论和既定关联之后，街道法规信念对犯罪的影响仍然存在。这些发现表明，总体而言，街道法规是比安德森最初预测的理论更为笼统的理论。讨论了有关代码的未来研究方向。