Over the last 25 years, Colombia has emerged as a highly influential case study in the civil
wars literature. This article takes stock of the English-speaking literature on civil conflict in …

Lynching remains a common form of collective punishment for alleged wrongdoers in Latin
America, Africa, and Asia today. Unlike other kinds of collective violence, lynching is usually …

Crime and violence threaten people's safety and overall well-being around the globe.
Youths represent a large fraction of the victims and perpetrators of violent crime …

By accounting for the perspectives of gang members, qualitative studies in Central and
South America have challenged the heavy reliance on secondary material that characterizes …

Panel surveys and phone-based data collection are essential tools for survey research and
are often used together due to the practical advantages of conducting repeated interviews …