Robert J Sampson

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The neighborhood context of well-being
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 675 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 46:S53-64. 2003
  2. ncbi Social anatomy of racial and ethnic disparities in violence
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:224-32. 2005
  3. ncbi Neighborhood selection and the social reproduction of concentrated racial inequality
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, William James Hall, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Demography 45:1-29. 2008
  4. ncbi Durable effects of concentrated disadvantage on verbal ability among African-American children
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:845-52. 2008

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi The neighborhood context of well-being
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 675 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 46:S53-64. 2003
    ..Further efforts to explain the causes of variation in collective processes associated with healthy communities may provide innovative opportunities for preventive intervention...
  2. ncbi Social anatomy of racial and ethnic disparities in violence
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:224-32. 2005
    ..The results imply that generic interventions to improve neighborhood conditions and support families may reduce racial gaps in violence...
  3. ncbi Neighborhood selection and the social reproduction of concentrated racial inequality
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, William James Hall, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Demography 45:1-29. 2008
    ..Selection and racially shaped hierarchies are thus mutually constituted and account for an apparent equilibrium of neighborhood inequality...
  4. ncbi Durable effects of concentrated disadvantage on verbal ability among African-American children
    Robert J Sampson
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:845-52. 2008
    ..The results indicate that living in a severely disadvantaged neighborhood reduces the later verbal ability of black children on average by approximately 4 points, a magnitude that rivals missing a year or more of schooling...