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Robert J. Sampson | Researchclopedia

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Robert J. Sampson

Harvard University Press ORCID

671

Works

78,455

Citations

111

h-index

202

i10-index

Research Topics

Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Crime Patterns and Interventions Homelessness and Social Issues

Affiliations

State University of New York1987–1987

Harvard University1997–2025

University of Arizona2022–2022

William James College2003–2021

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1985–1991

Top Works

Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy

Robert J. Sampson,Stephen W. Raudenbush,et al.

199711,708 citations

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Urban Transport and Accessibility

Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory

Robert J. Sampson,W. Byron Groves

19894,307 citations

Assessing “Neighborhood Effects”: Social Processes and New Directions in Research

Robert J. Sampson,Jeffrey D. Morenoff,et al.

20023,934 citations

Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.

Roland Chilton,Robert J. Sampson,et al.

19953,080 citations

Crime in the Making

Robert J. Sampson,John H. Laub

19932,685 citations

Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods

Robert J. Sampson,Stephen W. Raudenbush

19992,453 citations

Great American City

Robert J. Sampson,William Julius Wilson

20122,156 citations

Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children

Robert J. Sampson,Jeffrey D. Morenoff,et al.

19991,980 citations

NEIGHBORHOOD INEQUALITY, COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AND THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN VIOLENCE*

Jeffrey D. Morenoff,Robert J. Sampson,et al.

20011,850 citations