ABSTRACT
The ways of life of the people of the black sub-culture are reinforced and supported by their constant contact with each other. In the case of Dyke Street this is especially apparent by virtue of the fact that it is a community, and is recognized as such by the people who live in it. The street itself reflects and upholds the codes of conduct of the people who are a part of it. Nevertheless, the influence of the black home extends beyond the lower grades. The analysis of factors operating in the black street suggests that there is nothing extraordinary in the occurrence of delinquency in that street, Whereas delinquency occurring in the white street may well be considered as unusual since there are no factors, comparable to those in the black street, operating to encourage delinquency, and many operating in a positive way to prevent its occurrence.
