| The role of public social control in urban neighborhoods: A multilevel analysis of victimization risk MB Velez Criminology 39 (4), 837-864, 2001 | 356 | 2001 |
| Neighborhood immigration, violence, and city-level immigrant political opportunities CJ Lyons, MB Vélez, WA Santoro American Sociological Review 78 (4), 604-632, 2013 | 248 | 2013 |
| Contextualizing the immigration and crime effect: An analysis of homicide in Chicago neighborhoods MB Velez Homicide Studies 13 (3), 325-335, 2009 | 160 | 2009 |
| Structural inequality and homicide: An assessment of the black‐white gap in killings MB Velez, LJ Krivo, RD Peterson Criminology 41 (3), 645-672, 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| Bringing crime trends back into criminology: A critical assessment of the literature and a blueprint for future inquiry EP Baumer, MB Vélez, R Rosenfeld Annual Review of Criminology 1 (1), 39-61, 2018 | 94 | 2018 |
| Toward an understanding of the lower rates of homicide in Latino versus Black neighborhoods MB Velez The many colors of crime, 91-107, 2006 | 79 | 2006 |
| Neighborhood housing investments and violent crime in Seattle, 1981–2007 MB Vélez, CJ Lyons, B Boursaw Criminology 50 (4), 1025-1056, 2012 | 65 | 2012 |
| The political economy of neighbourhood homicide in Chicago: The role of bank investment MB Vélez, K Richardson The British Journal of Criminology 52 (3), 490-513, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
| Occupational Structure, Social Learning, and Adolescent Violence 1 PE Bellair, VJ Roscigno, MB Velez Social learning theory and the explanation of crime, 197-225, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| The political context of the percent black-neighborhood violence link: a multilevel analysis MB Vélez, CJ Lyons, WA Santoro Social Problems 62 (1), 93-119, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| 8. Situating the Immigration and Neighborhood Crime Relationship across Multiple Cities MB Vélez, CJ Lyons Punishing Immigrants, 159-177, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| Race, crime, and the changing fortunes of urban neighborhoods, 1999–2013 LJ Krivo, MB Vélez, CJ Lyons, JB Phillips, E Sabbath Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 15 (1), 47-68, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| Language minority achievement, family inequality, and the impact of bilingual education VJ Roscigno, MB Vélez, JW Ainsworth-Darnell Race and Society 4 (1), 69-88, 2001 | 23 | 2001 |
| The racial invariance thesis and neighborhood crime: Beyond the Black–White divide AA Hernandez, MB Vélez, CJ Lyons Race and Justice 8 (3), 216-243, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Making or breaking neighborhoods: Public social control and the political economy of urban crime MB Vélez, CJ Lyons Criminology & Pub. Pol'y 13, 225, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| Mexican American protest, ethnic resiliency and social capital: The mobilization benefits of cross-cutting ties WA Santoro, MB Vélez, SM Keogh Social Forces 91 (1), 209-231, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| LatCrit and criminology: Toward a theoretical understanding of Latino/a/x crime and criminal legal system involvement MB Vélez, AA Peguero Annual Review of Criminology 6 (1), 307-338, 2023 | 16 | 2023 |
| Banks and the racial patterning of homicide: A study of Chicago neighborhoods MB Veléz International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) 3 (2), 154-171, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| City's racial composition shapes treatment center characteristics and services MB Vélez, AL Campos-Holland, S Arndt Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 7 (2), 188-199, 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
| The US racial structure and ethno-racial inequality in urban neighborhood crime, 2010–2013 LJ Krivo, CJ Lyons, MB Vélez Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 7 (3), 350-368, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
