Barnard College, Columbia University
I study urban criminal violence within cities in Latin America, but with a growing interest in South and East Africa. My current work focuses on forms of collective resistance to criminal victimization under protection rackets run by organized crime.
Books:
Cities, Business and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America. 2016. Stanford University Press.
Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics. Co-edited with Agustina Giraudy and Richard Snyder. Forthcoming. Cambridge University Press.
“The Politics of Criminal Victimization: Pursuing and Resisting Power.” Perspectives on Politics (Forthcoming.)
"Resisting Protection: Rackets, Resistance and State Building." Comparative Politics. (Forthcoming.)
"Varieties of Vigilantism: Conceptual Discord, Meaning and Strategies." Global Crime. Volume 18, No. 4 2017: pp. 403-23.
"Urban Violence, Political Economy, and Territorial Control: Insights from Medellín." Latin American Research Review. Volume 51, No. 4 Winter 2016: pp. 225-248.
“The Politics of Urban Violence: Challenges to Development in the Global South.” Studies in Comparative International Development. Volume 48, No. 3. 2013, pp. 217-39.
“Business and the Politics of Urban Violence in Colombia.” Studies in Comparative International Development. Volume 48, No. 3. 2013, pp. 308-30.
“Counting Bodies: Crime Mapping, Policing and Race in Colombia.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. Volume 33, No. 4. April 2010, pp. 696-716.
“Toward Democratic Policing in Colombia? Institutional Accountability through Lateral Reform.” Comparative Politics. Volume 41, No. 4. July 2009, pp. 431-49.