About this episode

Cara Santa Maria interviews Dr. Robert J. Sampson about his book on how social change has impacted crime and young people's life paths.

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University , Affiliated Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, and member of the National Academy of Sciences , Dr. Robert J. Sampson. They discuss his new book, Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans . Follow Robert’s work: @RobertJSampson

People in this episode

Host: Cara Santa Maria

Guest: Robert J. Sampson

Topics covered

• criminology
• social change
• crime
• young Americans
• life trajectories

Keywords

• criminology
• social change
• crime
• young Americans
• Robert J. Sampson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard University, American Bar Foundation, National Academy of Sciences

Books & works: Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans

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