Neighborhood Influences on Adolescent Development: Timing, Gender, and Processes

How do some neighborhoods with concentrated disadvantage promote low rates of adolescent violence?

When is moving beneficial or detrimental to youth development, and how do changes in family, school and neighborhood contexts condition the effects of moving?

How do youth’s families, schools, neighborhoods, recreational spaces, and peers impact their engagement in risky behavior and their health? Can new technologies help us measure what matters for young people in those settings?

Do non-experimental methods provide a viable alternative to randomized experiments when trying to assess the effects of neighborhood on youth outcomes?

Why do some children in the child welfare system experience placement disruptions that increase in frequency and speed over their time in care?