Sebastián Sclofsky
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    • Punitive Policies and Policing Strategies in Uruguay
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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.
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  • Home
  • About
  • Holocaust Program
  • Research
    • State Violence, Police Violence, and Racism
    • Police and Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone
    • Punitive Policies and Policing Strategies in Uruguay
    • Other Research
  • Publications
    • Academic Publications
    • Opinion Articles
    • Recent Presentations
  • Teaching
    • Courses taught at CSU Stan
    • Courses taught at Univ. of Florida
  • Awards & Grants
  • Get in Touch