Latina/o/x Criminology
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The official account of Latina/o/x Criminology (LC) Group. RTs are not endorsements.
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
[https://www.latcrim.org/on-the-market.html]
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We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
[https://www.latcrim.org/on-the-market.html]
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October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
[https://www.latcrim.org/on-the-market.html]
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It is with a heavy heart that our LC Scholar colleague Greg Prieto (www.gregprieto.com) passed away last week after battling with cancer which Greg documented here: gregprieto.substack.com My deepest condolences to all who loved Greg, familia, friends, colleagues, students, mentors, and advisees.
Greg Prieto, PhD
Greg Prieto is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. His primary focuses are Mexican immigration, police and Border Patrol, and social movements.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It is with a heavy heart that our LC Scholar colleague Greg Prieto (www.gregprieto.com) passed away last week after battling with cancer which Greg documented here: gregprieto.substack.com My deepest condolences to all who loved Greg, familia, friends, colleagues, students, mentors, and advisees.
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
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October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
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Way to Represent Robert J. Durán and Oralia Loza on this new important research! Felicidades! Congratulations!
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October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Way to Represent Robert J. Durán and Oralia Loza on this new important research! Felicidades! Congratulations!
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Dear LC comunidad y familia,
We hope you and all your loved ones are safe and healthy.
Pilar Larroulet is the Fall 2025 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight
“From prison to work? Job-crime patterns for women in a precarious labor market”
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We hope you and all your loved ones are safe and healthy.
Pilar Larroulet is the Fall 2025 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight
“From prison to work? Job-crime patterns for women in a precarious labor market”
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October 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dear LC comunidad y familia,
We hope you and all your loved ones are safe and healthy.
Pilar Larroulet is the Fall 2025 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight
“From prison to work? Job-crime patterns for women in a precarious labor market”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We hope you and all your loved ones are safe and healthy.
Pilar Larroulet is the Fall 2025 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight
“From prison to work? Job-crime patterns for women in a precarious labor market”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
LC has a new LinkedIn account – please follow
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October 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
LC has a new LinkedIn account – please follow
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We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Carolina Ribeiro Caliman has great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
Google Scholar: tinyurl.com/26fh6a7p
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October 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Carolina Ribeiro Caliman has great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
Google Scholar: tinyurl.com/26fh6a7p
LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/2zss3tr4
Google Scholar: tinyurl.com/26fh6a7p
LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/2zss3tr4
For those of you in the Boston area. Looking forward to the event in a couple of weeks.
September 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
For those of you in the Boston area. Looking forward to the event in a couple of weeks.
Colleagues and friends are conducting the Public Sector Public Service Announcement (PSPSA) project. Please consider filling it out as well as spread the word! forms.gle/XwEex7yiHUnY...
Public Sector PSA Project (PS-PSA)
This project is collecting stories from professionals negatively affected by the unprecedented gutting of the public sector in the United States. The public sector is broadly defined here as focused o...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Colleagues and friends are conducting the Public Sector Public Service Announcement (PSPSA) project. Please consider filling it out as well as spread the word! forms.gle/XwEex7yiHUnY...
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes has great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
September 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes has great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes has great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
August 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes has great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school!
Way to Represent Edward D. Vargas!
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Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans
White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags – and even US flags – during protests.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Way to Represent Edward D. Vargas!
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LC Comunidad, I hope you are all well. Way to Represent LC Scholar Irene Vega on NPR Morning Edition!
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Author and scholar Irene Vega discusses her book 'Bordering on Indifference'
NPR speaks with scholar and author Irene Vega about her detailed analysis of the principles that shape how U.S. immigration agents understand and carry out their professional responsibilities.
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July 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
LC Comunidad, I hope you are all well. Way to Represent LC Scholar Irene Vega on NPR Morning Edition!
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¡Felicidades and Congratulations to NOW Dr. Vanessa J. Gutiérrez for successfully defending her dissertation titled “Perceptions of Campus Police Legitimacy: A Cross-institutional Examination of Procedural Justice.”!! She will be an Assistant Professor at St. Edward's University. Way to Represent!!
July 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
¡Felicidades and Congratulations to NOW Dr. Vanessa J. Gutiérrez for successfully defending her dissertation titled “Perceptions of Campus Police Legitimacy: A Cross-institutional Examination of Procedural Justice.”!! She will be an Assistant Professor at St. Edward's University. Way to Represent!!
¡Felicidades/Congratulations to fellow Sun Devil Dr. Bri Romanello “who is now off the market”! Bri starts an Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas in Sociology/ Criminology with a dual appointment in Latin American and Latino Studies starting this fall! Way to Represent!
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June 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
¡Felicidades/Congratulations to fellow Sun Devil Dr. Bri Romanello “who is now off the market”! Bri starts an Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas in Sociology/ Criminology with a dual appointment in Latin American and Latino Studies starting this fall! Way to Represent!
¡Felicidades to Nancy Rodriguez who will join UT Austin this July, as the new Director of the Latino Research Institute! Way to Represent! Wishing you and familia only the best in this next chapter of your career and lives!
June 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
¡Felicidades to Nancy Rodriguez who will join UT Austin this July, as the new Director of the Latino Research Institute! Way to Represent! Wishing you and familia only the best in this next chapter of your career and lives!
Felicidades/Congratulations to Daniel Martínez (University of Arizona) for winning the 2025 American Sociological Association Award for Public Sociology in International Migration! Way to Represent!
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Daniel E. Martínez
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June 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Felicidades/Congratulations to Daniel Martínez (University of Arizona) for winning the 2025 American Sociological Association Award for Public Sociology in International Migration! Way to Represent!
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Way to Represent Angelica Lopez and Humberto Flores and all ASA MFP Scholars!
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Way to Represent Angelica Lopez and Humberto Flores and all ASA MFP Scholars!
Way to Represent Andrea Román Alfaro! Latest LC Hot Off the Press! Understanding Violence at the Margins: How Gender and Race Shape the Lives of Women in Puerto Nuevo.
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Understanding Violence at the Margins: How Gender and Race Shape the Lives of Women in Puerto Nuevo
Andrea Román Alfaro, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology, University of New Mexico – Albuquerque
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June 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Way to Represent Andrea Román Alfaro! Latest LC Hot Off the Press! Understanding Violence at the Margins: How Gender and Race Shape the Lives of Women in Puerto Nuevo.
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Felicidades/Congratulations to now Dr. Carlos Imbrosio Filho who successfully defended his PhD thesis at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL), Portugal. “The Super-constitutional Principle of Anti-Corruption: A Legal Framework for Security Sector Reform”
Way to Represent Dr. Carlos Imbrosio Filho!
Way to Represent Dr. Carlos Imbrosio Filho!
June 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Felicidades/Congratulations to now Dr. Carlos Imbrosio Filho who successfully defended his PhD thesis at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL), Portugal. “The Super-constitutional Principle of Anti-Corruption: A Legal Framework for Security Sector Reform”
Way to Represent Dr. Carlos Imbrosio Filho!
Way to Represent Dr. Carlos Imbrosio Filho!
Elliott Alvarado is the Summer 2025 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Criminology, Law and Society
University of California, Irvine
“Immigration and crime around the globe: Key findings across a diverse range of contexts”
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Criminology, Law and Society
University of California, Irvine
“Immigration and crime around the globe: Key findings across a diverse range of contexts”
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
June 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Elliott Alvarado is the Summer 2025 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Criminology, Law and Society
University of California, Irvine
“Immigration and crime around the globe: Key findings across a diverse range of contexts”
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Criminology, Law and Society
University of California, Irvine
“Immigration and crime around the globe: Key findings across a diverse range of contexts”
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
As we enter a new carceral reality, it is essential to help educators learn how to challenge emerging practices/policies affecting marginalized students. Check out this special issue that Julissa Muñiz (UCLA) & Adrian Huerta (USC) led in Theory into Practice - LINK: shorturl.at/DLyxl
Theory Into Practice
Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Theory Into Practice.
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May 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As we enter a new carceral reality, it is essential to help educators learn how to challenge emerging practices/policies affecting marginalized students. Check out this special issue that Julissa Muñiz (UCLA) & Adrian Huerta (USC) led in Theory into Practice - LINK: shorturl.at/DLyxl
Way to Represent Andrea!
Román Alfaro, Andrea. 2025. "Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins.” The British Journal of Criminology, azaf037, 1-17. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/....
Román Alfaro, Andrea. 2025. "Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins.” The British Journal of Criminology, azaf037, 1-17. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/....
Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins
Abstract. This article examines how cultural frameworks shape interpretations of women’s experiences of violence. Based on 16 months of ethnographic fieldw
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May 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Way to Represent Andrea!
Román Alfaro, Andrea. 2025. "Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins.” The British Journal of Criminology, azaf037, 1-17. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/....
Román Alfaro, Andrea. 2025. "Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins.” The British Journal of Criminology, azaf037, 1-17. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/....
Felicidades and Congratulations to NOW Dr. Susana
Susy Avalos for successfully defending her dissertation titled “"We're trans, but we're not transitional": Exploring safety, place and space in the lives of transgender individuals in Southeastern Virginia.”!!!
Susy Avalos for successfully defending her dissertation titled “"We're trans, but we're not transitional": Exploring safety, place and space in the lives of transgender individuals in Southeastern Virginia.”!!!
May 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Felicidades and Congratulations to NOW Dr. Susana
Susy Avalos for successfully defending her dissertation titled “"We're trans, but we're not transitional": Exploring safety, place and space in the lives of transgender individuals in Southeastern Virginia.”!!!
Susy Avalos for successfully defending her dissertation titled “"We're trans, but we're not transitional": Exploring safety, place and space in the lives of transgender individuals in Southeastern Virginia.”!!!