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Ruth D. Peterson

17 works· latest 2013· 2 institutionscluster: provisional

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Extremely Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and Urban Crime1996 · 920 citations
Disadvantage and Neighborhood Violent Crime: Do Local Institutions Matter?2000 · 474 citations
The Many colors of crime: inequalities of race, ethnicity, and crime in America2007 · 372 citations
Racial Segregation and Black Urban Homicide1993 · 370 citations
Segregation, Racial Structure, and Neighborhood Violent Crime2009 · 354 citations

Works

17 shown

Social Isolation of Disadvantage and Advantage: The Reproduction of Inequality in Urban Space

Social Forces·2013·6 authors

195citations

Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement: A Path to Better Performance

·2013·35 authors·book

11citations

Beyond Participation: The Association Between School Extracurricular Activities and Involvement in Violence Across Generations of Immigration

Journal of Youth and Adolescence·2011·2 authors

52citations

Commercial Density, Residential Concentration, and Crime: Land Use Patterns and Violence in Neighborhood Context

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency·2010·7 authors

250citations

Race and Ethnic Representations of Lawbreakers and Victims in Crime News: A National Study of Television Coverage

Social Problems·2010·4 authors·Open access

175citations

Segregation, Racial Structure, and Neighborhood Violent Crime

American Journal of Sociology·2009·3 authors

The Many colors of crime: inequalities of race, ethnicity, and crime in America

Choice Reviews Online·2007·3 authors·other

372citations

The Structural Context of Homicide: Accounting for Racial Differences in Process

American Sociological Review·2000·2 authors

315citations

Disadvantage and Neighborhood Violent Crime: Do Local Institutions Matter?

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency·2000·2 authors

474citations

Race, Segregation, and the Concentration of Disadvantage: 1980-1990

Social Problems·1998·4 authors

152citations

Extremely Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and Urban Crime

Social Forces·1996·2 authors

920citations

8. Gender Inequality and Violence Against Women: The Case of Murder

Stanford University Press eBooks·1995·2 authors·chapter

60citations

Racial Segregation and Black Urban Homicide

Social Forces·1993·2 authors

370citations

Rape and Dimensions of Gender Socioeconomic Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency·1992·2 authors·Open access

54citations

Legal Versus Extra–Legal Determinants of Juvenile Court Dispositions

Juvenile and Family Court Journal·1981·2 authors

24citations