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. Forthcoming. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Context.” American Journal of Sociology.
Sampson,
Robert J., Patrick Sharkey, and Stephen Raudenbush. Forthcoming.
“Durable Effects of Concentrated Disadvantage on Verbal Ability in the
Lives of Black Children.” Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences.
Sampson, Robert J. and Patrick Sharkey. Forthcoming.
“Neighborhood Selection and the Social Reproduction of Concentrated
Racial Inequality.” Demography.
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.
Sharkey,
Patrick. 2006. “Navigating Dangerous Streets: The Sources and
Consequences of Street Efficacy.” American Sociological Review
71:826-846.
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