Hitting our turning point. In this episode we speak with Professor Robert Sampson about his storied and decorated career as a sociologist and criminologist.
Rob is the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, founding director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, and Affiliated Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation. Professor Sampson served as President of the American Society of Criminology and received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology. His research and teaching cover a variety of areas including crime, disorder, the life course, neighborhood effects, civic engagement, inequality, “ecometrics,” and the social structure of the city. He is the author of three award-winning books and numerous articles. His last book, published by the University of Chicago Press, is Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect. Great American City is based on the culmination of over a decade of research from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, for which Sampson served as Scientific Director.
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Get in touch with Rob:
Harvard Website // rsampson AT wjh.harvard.edu
Books by Rob Sampson mentioned in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Sampson, Robert J. (2012). Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect. [Book Link]
Sampson, Robert J., and Laub, John H. (1995). Crime in the making: Pathways and turning points through life. [Book Link]