Standout Papers

Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficac... 1989 2026 2001 2013 7.9k
  1. Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy (1997)
    Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush et al. Science
  2. Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory (1989)
    Robert J. Sampson, W. Byron Groves American Journal of Sociology
  3. Assessing “Neighborhood Effects”: Social Processes and New Directions in Research (2002)
    Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff et al. Annual Review of Sociology
  4. Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life. (1995)
    Roland Chilton, Robert J. Sampson et al. Social Forces
  5. Crime in the Making (1993)
    Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub Crime & Delinquency
  6. Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods (1999)
    Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush American Journal of Sociology
  7. Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children (1999)
    Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff et al. American Sociological Review
  8. NEIGHBORHOOD INEQUALITY, COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AND THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN VIOLENCE* (2001)
    Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Robert J. Sampson et al. Criminology
  9. Seeing Disorder: Neighborhood Stigma and the Social Construction of “Broken Windows” (2004)
    Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush Social Psychology Quarterly
  10. Legal Cynicism and (Subcultural?) Tolerance of Deviance: The Neighborhood Context of Racial Differences (1998)
    Robert J. Sampson, Dawn Jeglum Bartusch Law & Society Review
  11. Understanding Desistance from Crime (2001)
    John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson Crime and Justice
  12. 1. Ecometrics: Toward a Science of Assessing Ecological Settings, with Application to the Systematic Social Observation of Neighborhoods (1999)
    Stephen W. Raudenbush, Robert J. Sampson Sociological Methodology
  13. Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending: Good Marriages and the Desistance Process (1998)
    John H. Laub, Daniel S. Nagin et al. American Sociological Review
  14. Crime and Deviance over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds (1990)
    Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub American Sociological Review
  15. Urban Black Violence: The Effect of Male Joblessness and Family Disruption (1987)
    Robert J. Sampson American Journal of Sociology
  16. LIFE‐COURSE DESISTERS? TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AMONG DELINQUENT BOYS FOLLOWED TO AGE 70* (2003)
    Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub Criminology
  17. Social Anatomy of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Violence (2005)
    Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff et al. American Journal of Public Health
  18. Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points through Life (1994)
    Robert A. Silverman, Robert J. Sampson et al. The Canadian Journal of Sociology
  19. TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE COURSE: WHY CHANGE MATTERS TO THE STUDY OF CRIME* (1993)
    John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson Criminology
  20. THE LINK BETWEEN OFFENDING AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS* (1991)
    Janet L. Lauritsen, Robert J. Sampson et al. Criminology
  21. The Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Adolescent Development (1996)
    Delbert S. Elliott, William Julius Wilson et al. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
  22. Local Friendship Ties and Community Attachment in Mass Society: A Multilevel Systemic Model (1988)
    Robert J. Sampson American Sociological Review
  23. A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime (2005)
    Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  24. Durable effects of concentrated disadvantage on verbal ability among African-American children (2007)
    Robert J. Sampson, Patrick Sharkey et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  25. Divergent Pathways of Gentrification (2014)
    Jackelyn Hwang, Robert J. Sampson American Sociological Review
  26. Urban mobility and neighborhood isolation in America’s 50 largest cities (2018)
    Qi Wang, Nolan Edward Phillips et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  27. Socioeconomic Achievement in the Life Course of Disadvantaged Men: Military Service as a Turning Point, Circa 1940-1965 (1996)
    Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub American Sociological Review

Immediate Impact

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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert J. Sampson 35279 16557 9678 173 47.0k
Stephen W. Raudenbush 17675 9806 6380 165 50.4k
Douglas S. Massey 32580 8188 3385 331 38.8k
Daniel S. Nagin 13399 4895 3807 225 36.0k
Alex R. Piquero 22136 4790 4108 555 30.5k
Bruce G. Link 11486 15815 9417 312 45.5k
Ichiro Kawachi 8661 15287 18277 335 31.8k
Felton J. Earls 8215 6494 4008 142 17.7k
Greg J. Duncan 10561 6464 3447 303 32.4k
Nancy E. Adler 6311 13824 9935 331 39.3k
Ed Diener 12821 7321 8874 188 54.5k

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