My research focus on capitalist state violence in general and police violence in particular. I study the tensions that exist between police and democracy, and also the ways policing and police violence affect low-income communities in Latin America and the US.
I have conducted ethnographic work on the effects of police violence among residents of South Los Angeles, and São Paulo's periphery.
I am also interested in exploring the reasons and consequences of the import of U.S. policing strategies in Latin America. I have conducted research and published works on police reform and the adoption of "tough-on-crime" policies in Uruguay.
My work has been published in International Studies Perspective, International Studies Review, Criminological Encounters, PS: Political Science & Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Social Studies and in several edited volumes.
I have conducted ethnographic work on the effects of police violence among residents of South Los Angeles, and São Paulo's periphery.
I am also interested in exploring the reasons and consequences of the import of U.S. policing strategies in Latin America. I have conducted research and published works on police reform and the adoption of "tough-on-crime" policies in Uruguay.
My work has been published in International Studies Perspective, International Studies Review, Criminological Encounters, PS: Political Science & Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Social Studies and in several edited volumes.
