Lessons and current Challenges for Urban Sociologists. A Conversation with Robert J. Sampson
In this interview, Robert J. Sampson discusses main lessons and current challenges for urban sociologists, starting from his personal experience and perspective. The interview recaps his important works on factors and events that can determine criminal behavior, the important Project on Human Develo...
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| description | In this interview, Robert J. Sampson discusses main lessons and current challenges for urban sociologists, starting from his personal experience and perspective. The interview recaps his important works on factors and events that can determine criminal behavior, the important Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, that he led with his innovative theories and empirical results on violence, race and ethnic segregation, inequality, order and disorder in urban environments, and the shifting structure of community network. The interview also reflects on the process and encounters that led him to the formulation of a theory of race, crime and urban inequality with William J. Wilson (1995). Our discussion spanned over areas of research interests of Professor Sampson, including crime, disorder, life course, civic engagement, inequality, "ecometrics," and the social structure of the city, with particular attention to neighborhood effects. Finally, the interview deals with current challenges for urban sociologists, focusing on two main problems: poor quality of data and limit of funding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47bfd97afb5e4ad18ce22cd4445e7efe2022-12-21T23:07:54ZengUniversity of BolognaSociologica1971-88532020-05-0114124926110.6092/issn.1971-8853/105179036Lessons and current Challenges for Urban Sociologists. A Conversation with Robert J. SampsonNiccolò Morelli0Robert J. Sampson1EngagemindsHub, Catholic University of Milan (Italy);Department of Management, Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy)Harvard University (USA)In this interview, Robert J. Sampson discusses main lessons and current challenges for urban sociologists, starting from his personal experience and perspective. The interview recaps his important works on factors and events that can determine criminal behavior, the important Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, that he led with his innovative theories and empirical results on violence, race and ethnic segregation, inequality, order and disorder in urban environments, and the shifting structure of community network. The interview also reflects on the process and encounters that led him to the formulation of a theory of race, crime and urban inequality with William J. Wilson (1995). Our discussion spanned over areas of research interests of Professor Sampson, including crime, disorder, life course, civic engagement, inequality, "ecometrics," and the social structure of the city, with particular attention to neighborhood effects. Finally, the interview deals with current challenges for urban sociologists, focusing on two main problems: poor quality of data and limit of funding.https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/10517sampsonneighborhood effectsurban sociologysocial structure of the city |
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| title | Lessons and current Challenges for Urban Sociologists. A Conversation with Robert J. Sampson |
| title_full | Lessons and current Challenges for Urban Sociologists. A Conversation with Robert J. Sampson |
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| title_short | Lessons and current Challenges for Urban Sociologists. A Conversation with Robert J. Sampson |
| title_sort | lessons and current challenges for urban sociologists a conversation with robert j sampson |
| topic | sampson neighborhood effects urban sociology social structure of the city |
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