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Sharkey

Patrick Sharkey

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. 2007 (Sociology and Social Policy), Harvard University; B.A. 2000 (Public Policy and American Institutions), Brown University

Office Address: 295 Lafayette St., Room 4102
Office Hours: On Leave
Phone: (212) 998-8366
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Areas of Research/Interest: Neighborhoods and communities; stratification and mobility; urban sociology; crime and violence; social policy.

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Select Publications:

Sharkey, Patrick. 2008. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Context.” American Journal of Sociology 113:4, 931-969.  Click here to read.

 

         See also: “The inherited ghetto.”  Click here to read.

 

Sampson, Robert J. and Patrick Sharkey. 2008. “Neighborhood Selection and the Social Reproduction of Concentrated Racial Inequality.” Demography 45:1, 1-29.  Click here to read.

 

Sampson, Robert J., Patrick Sharkey, and Stephen Raudenbush. 2008. “Durable Effects of Concentrated Disadvantage on Verbal Ability among African-American Children.”  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:845-852.  Click here to read.

 

See also: “Living in disadvantaged neighborhood equivalent to missing a year of school.”  Click here to read.

 

Sharkey, Patrick. 2007. “Survival and Death in New Orleans: An Empirical Look at the Human Impact of Hurricane Katrina.” Journal of Black Studies, Special Issue on Katrina, Race, Class, and Poverty 37:482-501.           Click here to read.

 

Sharkey, Patrick. 2006.  “Navigating Dangerous Streets: The Sources and Consequences of Street Efficacy.” American Sociological Review 71:826-846.  Click here to read.

 

See also: “Adolescent criminal behavior partly a matter of choices.”  Click here to read.

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