Neighborhood effects, causal mechanisms and the social structure of the city

Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 227-249

  Sampson, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84925632648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921315.012     Document Type: Chapter

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