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Christopher Browning
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
Crime and community, life course, and quantitative methods. Current research focuses on the causes and consequences of community social organization; the neighborhood context of crime, risk behavior, and health; the long-term effects of maltreatment during childhood; and multilevel statistical models.
Recent Publications:
- Cagney, Kathleen A., Christopher R. Browning, and Danielle Wallace. “Explaining the Latino Paradox: The Role of Neighborhood Context.” Forthcoming—American Journal of Public Health.
- Browning, Christopher R., Danielle Wallace, Seth L. Feinberg, and Kathleen A. Cagney. “Neighborhood Social Processes, Physical Conditions, and Disaster-Related Mortality: The Case of the 1995 Heat Wave.” Forthcoming—American Sociological Review
- Browning, Christopher R. and Lori Burrington. “Spatial Contingencies in the Emergence of Adolescent Attitudes: Race Differences in Sexual and Fertility Norms.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 68: 236-254.
- Browning, Christopher R., Tama Leventhal, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 2005. “Sexual Initiation During Early Adolescence: The Nexus of Parental and Community Control.” American Sociological Review 70(5): 758-778.
- Cagney, Kathleen A., Christopher R. Browning, and Ming Wen. 2005. “Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health at Older Ages: What Difference Does the Neighborhood Make?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B:S181-S190.
- Cagney, Kathleen A., Christopher R. Browning, and Ming Wen. 2005. “Racial Disparities in Self-rated health at Older Ages and the Dangers of Obfuscating Neighborhood Effects Research.” Response to Golant. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B:S193-S194.
