Peter Henry Rossi

Technical contributions to the initial development of factorial surveys, the measurement of crime through victimization surveys, sampling strategies for enumerating the homless, measuring peer group influences, and measuring social norms and values. Has consucted original research on residential mobility, cross-national occupational prestige, community politics, the effectiveness of gun control legislation, just punishments for criminal offenders, norms concerning kinship obligations, the effectiveness of programs addressing child abuse and neglect, nutritional deficiencies, and poverty, the underlying causes of urban riots, crime recidivism, public definitions of sexual harassment, the effectiveness of recent welfare reforms, and the social characteristics of the homeless.