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LC at the Annual Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

2025

Panel Sessions

The Growing Importance of Latina/o/x Criminology
Latina/o/x criminology builds on this vital race and justice scholarship by spotlighting the Latina/o/x population as the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. In this complete roundtable panel discussion we will discuss the complexities of understanding, collecting, and analyzing data about the Latina/o/x population; challenges that Latina/o/x criminologists face and endure within the academe; and, highlight the importance of advancing the field of criminology to engage with the idea that racial disparities in crime and legal system involvement are products of racialization as well as attendant policies, institutions, and practices that historically and contemporaneously subjugate and marginalize the Latina/o/x population.
Speaker(s):
Moderator & Discussant: Anthony Peguero, Arizona State University Discussant: Felicia Arriaga, Baruch College Discussant: Katherine Maldonado, University of Utah Discussant: Serita Whiting, Prairie View A&M University
Roundtable
Location: Plaza Court 6, Plaza Concourse Level, Sheraton Denver
Session Code: 143
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Presidential Panel: Crime Politics in Latin America
Discuss the following three papers: 1. Title: Prediction and Empire: The Imperial Making of Policing the Poor in Santiago, Chile. 2. Title: Many Secrets, Nothing to Hide: Security Entrepreneurship and the State in Mexico City 3. Title: Political Violence as a Vocation: Citizen Demands and Politicians’ Incentives for Police Violence in Democracies

Speaker(s):

Chair: Patrisia Macias-Rojas, University of Illinois at Chicago

Complete Panel
Prediction and Empire: The Imperial Making of Policing the Poor in Santiago, Chile.
Author: Enrique Alvear Moreno, University of Chicago
Many Secrets, Nothing to Hide: Security Entrepreneurship and the State in Mexico City
Author: Eldad J. Levy Guerrero, Rollins College
Political Violence as a Vocation: Citizen Demands and Politicians’ Incentives for Police Violence in Democracies
Author: Yanilda Gonzalez, Harvard University

Location: Director's Row H, Plaza Lobby / Street Level, Sheraton Denver
Session Code: 314
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Presidential Panel: Understanding Punitive and Reform Waves in Latin America
Research has focused on understanding the social and institutional changes that explain the “punitive turn” and its dramatic social and political consequences. Reform efforts have been also at the forefront of recent policy discussions. Comparative research is key to identifying the social conditions that affect criminal justice approaches across contexts. However, research from the Global South is often marginalized from mainstream conversations on this topic. This panel examines both punitive waves and criminal justice reform efforts in Latin America, to advance our theoretical understanding of what shapes punishment orientations and gain insight into the particular challenges faced by the region.
Speaker(s):
Chair: Cecilia Chouhy

​Complete Panel
The Punitive Turn in Latin America: Changes and Continuities; Between the Local and the Global
Author: Manuel Iturralde, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
The Silencing of Criminology: Online Attacks on Crime Researchers Under Autocratic Rule in El Salvador
Author: Carlos Ponce, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada
Reversing Punitivism? The conditions of decarceration in Chile
Author: Pilar Larroulet, Rutgers University, USA Author: Javier Wilenmann, Univesidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
Punitive inertia? Social spending, inequality and political cycles in Uruguay: the role of policy and its limits
Author: Ana Vigna, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Author: Joaquín Cardeillac, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Discussant

Author: Cecilia Chouhy
Location: Governor's Square 9, Plaza Concourse Level, Sheraton Denver
Session Code: 267
Presidential Panel: Non-state Armed Actors, Crime, and Violence: Challenges for Latin American States
Discuss the following four papers: 1. Title: Broken Promises: Why Ex-combatants in Columbia Return to Organized Violence After Peace Agreements. 2. Title: Political Legacies of Civil Wars: Political Polarization after Civil Conflict 3. Title: The political economy of criminal gangs. 4. Title: Mexico: A Nexus Between Criminality and Conflict
Speaker(s):
Chair: Patrisia Macias-Rojas, University of Illinois at Chicago

Complete Panel
Broken Promises: Why Ex-combatants in Columbia Return to Organized Violence After Peace Agreements.
Author: Sebastián Tobón Palma, University of Illinois at Chicago
Political Legacies of Civil Wars: Political Polarization after Civil Conflict
Author: Hector S. Alarcon, University of Illinois at Chicago
The political economy of criminal gangs.
Author: Nacho Borba Eguren, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mexico: A Nexus Between Criminality and Conflict
Author: Marc A Lopez, University of Illinois at Chicago

Location: Director's Row H, Plaza Lobby / Street Level, Sheraton Denver
Session Code: 379
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