Recent appeals to decolonize criminology argue for a radical reorientation of the subject
towards Global South relevant research agendas, theories and scholars. This paper begins …

This article analyses bureaucratic militarization in Brazil under the presidency of Jair
Bolsonaro as illiberal transformation from within, constituting a specific modus of democratic …

The Political Economy of Punishment (PEofP) is a traditional theoretical framework present
in criminological debates. Since Rusche and Kirchheimer (henceforth R&K, 2003 [1939]) …

This article examines how the persecution of dissenting and marginalized populations in
Brazil has intensified under the banner of crime control since the rise of the far-right to …

Governments continue to narrowly equate improved well-being with economic growth,
contrary to decades of development scholarship. The capabilities approach, instead …

In this article, we scrutinize the concept of 'urban informality'in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By
unpacking key moments in Rio's history when conceptualizations of informal housing (ie …

There have been extensive studies of the struggles against Latin American military
dictatorships of the 1960s and 1980s, especially regarding the activism of mothers of …

This paper reviews literature on police as atrocity perpetrators. Atrocity crimes are largely the
core crimes of international criminal law (including genocide, war crimes, crimes against …

Public policy-makers and public sector managers are often faced with high-stakes situations
while they must ensure the well-being of their people, but they essentially base their …

Entering police stations and units as researchers is still uncommon in Brazil. Obtaining
authorization from the authorities and managers in the police to carry out the research study …