Christopher R. Browning

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that while social networks may contribute to neighborhood collective efficacy, they also provide a source of social capital for offenders, potentially diminishing the regulatory effectiveness of collective efficacy.

TL;DR: It is found that neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is not significantly related to self-rated physical health when individual level demographic and health background are controlled.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply the social disorganization perspective on the neighborhood-level determinants of crime to partner violence, and find that collective efficacy is negatively associated with both intimate homicide rates and non-lethal partner violence.

TL;DR: The empirical findings suggest that different dimensions of economic structure do not in fact have unique and additive contributions to individual health; the presence of affluent residents is essential to sustain neighborhood social organization which in turn positively affect health.

TL;DR: A neighborhood-based model of the timing of first adolescent intercourse that emphasizes the impact of neighborhood structural disadvantage and collective efficacy on early sexual activity (at ages 11 to 16) indicates demographic background, family processes, peer influences, and developmental risk factors account for about 30% of the baseline increased likelihood of early sexual onset for African American youths compared with European American youths.