Spatial Segmentation and the Black Middle Class
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 119, Issue 4, p. 903-954
ISSN: 1537-5390
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In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 119, Issue 4, p. 903-954
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Social service review: SSR, Volume 87, Issue 2, p. 386-391
ISSN: 1537-5404
In: Political studies review, Volume 11, Issue 2, p. 258-258
ISSN: 1478-9302
In: Political studies review, Volume 11, Issue 2, p. 258
ISSN: 1478-9299
In: Peace review: peace, security & global change, Volume 24, Issue 3, p. 262-267
ISSN: 1469-9982
In: Sociological methods and research, Volume 41, Issue 2, p. 251-293
ISSN: 1552-8294
This article develops a method to estimate the impact of change in a particular social setting, the residential neighborhood, that is designed to address nonrandom selection into a neighborhood and nonrandom selection out of a neighborhood. Utilizing matching to confront selection into neighborhood environments and instrumental variables to confront selection out of changing neighborhoods, the method is applied to assess the effect of a decline in neighborhood concentrated disadvantage on the economic fortunes of African American children living within changing neighborhoods. Substantive findings indicate that a decline in neighborhood concentrated disadvantage during childhood leads to increases in adult earnings and income, but has no effects on educational attainment or other social outcomes.
In: Political studies review, Volume 10, Issue 2, p. 265-266
ISSN: 1478-9302
In: Peace review: the international quarterly of world peace, Volume 24, Issue 3, p. 262-268
ISSN: 1040-2659
In: Political studies review, Volume 10, Issue 2, p. 265-266
ISSN: 1478-9299
In: Journal of military ethics, Volume 9, Issue 4, p. 369-383
ISSN: 1502-7589
In: The Howard journal of criminal justice, Volume 49, Issue 2, p. 111-124
ISSN: 1468-2311
Abstract:This article reveals the main contributory factors to suicide among female prisoners and shows that overcrowding is a factor exacerbating the risk of suicide. In‐depth interviews were conducted with ten female prisoners in one closed prison in 2007. They focused on incidents of self‐harm and attempted suicide revealing the negative impact of the prison experience and, in particular, the effect of overcrowding. There are few studies looking at the link between overcrowding and suicide. This study highlights the need to explore this link especially at a time when overcrowding and suicide in prisons are high.
In: Girlhood studies: an interdisciplinary journal, Volume 3, Issue 1
ISSN: 1938-8322
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Volume 28, Issue 1, p. 16-19
ISSN: 0278-0097
In: Contemporary sociology, Volume 37, Issue 4, p. 324-326
ISSN: 1939-8638
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