We conducted the first synthesis of theories on causal associations and pathways
connecting degree of control in the living environment to socio-economic inequalities in …

▪ Abstract This review explores the role of environments in creating chronic and acute health
disorders. A general framework for studying the nesting of social environments and the …

Debates concerning residential population displacement in the context of gentrification
remain vociferous, but are hampered by a lack of empirical evidence of the extent of the …

Although there is now a large body of empirical research on neighbourhood effects, we
know relatively little about the causal mechanisms responsible for relationships between …

Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban
Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing …

Urban areas concentrate people, economic activity, and the built environment. As such,
urbanization is simultaneously a demographic, economic, and land-use change …

Our purpose in this chapter is to address one of the central yet difficult issues facing
criminology—race and violent crime. The centrality of the issue is seen on several fronts: the …

By conservative estimates, more than 16,000 violent crimes are committed or attempted
every day in the United States. Violence involves many factors and spurs many viewpoints …

The purpose of this paper is to (1) summarize current knowledge on individual-, situational-,
and community-level sources of criminal violence;(2) identify key problems of causal …

▪ Abstract Is living in a relatively poor community bad for your health; is living in a relatively
affluent community good for your health; or is it only your own socioeconomic position that …