Robert J. Sampson Boeken

The book delves into Daniel Patrick Moynihan's controversial 1965 report, which highlighted concerning trends in black employment, poverty, and education, linking them to family instability. While advocating for a jobs program to support black men and strengthen families, the report faced significant backlash for allegedly blaming the black community rather than addressing systemic injustices. It sparked intense debate, being criticized as sexist and racist, particularly within liberal circles, reflecting the complexities of race and social policy in America during that era.

Based on one of the most ambitious studies in the history of social science, this title argues that communities still matter because life is decisively shaped by where you live. It discovers that neighborhoods influence a remarkably wide variety of social phenomena, including crime, health, civic engagement, home foreclosures, and teen births.

Presents an analyses of data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s. These men were the subjects of the classic study Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1950). This book offers a longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course.