Beyond Victimhood: Women’s Contributions to Criminal Violence
Guest post by María José Méndez This post is part of a series on illicit economies, organized crime,…
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Are Militaries More Respectful of Human Rights Than the Police?
Guest post by Gustavo Flores-Macías and Jessica Zarkin This post is part of a series on illicit economies,…
Will the Migrant “Surge” Raise Crime?
IGCC Dissertation Fellow Series Guest post by Brett McCully An influx of immigrants at the southern border of…
Militarization of the Police
Guest post by Lindsay P. Cohn The COVID-19 pandemic raises important questions about civil liberties and the use…
Violence in Mexico May Be Worse Than You Think
By Aila M. Matanock In February, a 25-year-old woman named Ingrid Escamilla was stabbed to death, and her…
The Promise and Perils of Postwar Cities
Guest post by Kristine Höglund, Emma Elfversson, and Ivan Gusic More than half of the global population lives…
What Crime Data from Sweden Can – and Cannot – Tell Us
Guest post by Christopher J. Fariss and Kristine Eck. Data on crime, sexual assault, and rape from Sweden…
Seeing Flight as a Non-violent Option: One Way to Change the Discourse about the World’s 60 Million Refugees
By Erica Chenoweth and Hakim Young for Denver Dialogues Today, one in every 122 humans living on the…
Explaining High Murder Rates in Latin America: It’s Not Drugs
By Elaine Denny and Barbara F. Walter In a background paper for the World Bank on homicide rates James D.…