{"title":"Robert J. Sampson","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Sampson's works offer profound insights into urban life, drawing on extensive research to explore the social dynamics that shape cities. His books delve into themes of community, crime, and social change, providing a rich analysis grounded in sociology and urban studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking examinations of how environments influence behaviour and the complex interplay between individuals and their surroundings. His writing is essential for those interested in the intersections of society, space, and public policy within the field of education and reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"marked-by-time-by-robert-j-sampson-9780674987548","title":"Marked by Time","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA leading sociologist's groundbreaking three-decade study challenges outdated views of crime and character, revealing that traditional risk factors alone poorly predict children's futures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1970 and 2020, the United States experienced a dramatic rise in crime and incarceration, followed by an unexpected decline. Along with plummeting violence came reductions in substance use, car accidents, child poverty, and lead exposure. By 2020, incarceration rates hit a twenty-five-year low, with African Americans benefiting the most. Yet these positive shifts have not registered in public discourse or policies, which continue to rely on outdated studies and reductive narratives of moral character and personal responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA major reason for this oversight is how social scientists study youth development—typically through single-birth-cohort approaches that fail to capture generational change. In a pioneering three-decade study of over one thousand Chicago children across multiple cohorts, Robert J. Sampson challenges this convention. He finds that children with similar self-control and family backgrounds, born just a decade apart, experienced dramatically different life paths. Strikingly, children born in the mid-1980s faced twice the likelihood of arrest by their mid-twenties than those born ten years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis research reframes deeply ingrained assumptions about ongoing social decline and the importance of individual fortitude. Sampson spotlights the role of shifting social conditions and structural change in driving measurable improvements in youth trajectories, along with new risks that threaten these gains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe era into which a child is born shapes their future as profoundly as race, upbringing, or neighbourhood. To rethink progress, inequality, and policy, we must first acknowledge how time itself leaves a transformative mark on individual lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarked by Time\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh perspective, encouraging a reevaluation of how societal changes impact youth development and the metrics we use to assess progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306921443564,"sku":"9780674987548","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8377363482428.jpg?v=1771068854"},{"product_id":"great-american-city-by-robert-j-sampson-9780226834009","title":"Great American City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat American City\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the powerfully enduring impact of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on one of the most ambitious studies in the history of social science, Robert J. Sampson's \u003cem\u003eGreat American City\u003c\/em\u003e presents the fruits of over a decade's research to support an argument that we all feel and experience every day: life is decisively shaped by your neighbourhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging with the streets and neighbourhoods of Chicago, Sampson, in this new edition, reflects on local and national changes that have transpired since his book's initial publication, including a surge in gun violence and novel forms of segregation despite an increase in diversity. New research, much of it a continuation of the influential discoveries in \u003cem\u003eGreat American City\u003c\/em\u003e, has followed, and here, Sampson reflects on its meaning and future directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSampson invites readers to see the status of the research initiative that serves as the foundation of the first edition—the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN)—and outlines the various ways other scholars have continued his work. Both accessible and incisively thorough, \u003cem\u003eGreat American City\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in cutting-edge urban sociology and the study of crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460893982956,"sku":"9780226834009","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226834009-great-american-city.jpg?v=1774954956"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/robert-j-sampson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}