TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - "Snitches End Up in Ditches" and Other Cautionary Tales
JO  - Journal of contemporary criminal justice
A1  - Morris, E. W.
SP  - 254
EP  - 272
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - This article examines the "stop snitching" phenomenon in relation to teenagers and schooling. It shows evidence of a code against sharing information with formal authorities among students at two low-income schools: a predominately Black, urban school and a predominately White, rural school. Using Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, the analysis demonstrates how antisnitching is woven into the social fabric of these communities, prompting student ambivalence toward school-sanctioned methods of conflict resolution. The findings highlight the broad reach of the antisnitching phenomenon, situating this mentality as the result of community-based distrust of formal authority. The article assesses implications of antisnitching for school discipline and climate.<p />
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SN  - 1043-9862
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043986210368640
ID  - ref1
ER  -