Criminal Protection Through Centralized Policing: Evidence from Mexico

Mexican police in blue uniforms patrol a street standing in the back of a white pickup truck.

Juan C. Campos, Ph.D. student in Political Science and a 2025 CLACS Summer Dissertation Fellow, studies the effects of police reform efforts in Mexico. Do efforts at centralizing control of police forces strengthen their ability to control organized criminal groups, or do they increase collusion between the two groups?

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Violence in Latin America: State Capacity and Legitimacy

by Hernán Flom What do Venezuela and Rosario, Argentina have in common? While it might seem absurd to mention them in the same sentence, they convey, in different forms, Latin America’s ongoing struggle with respect to crime and violence. Despite the progress made in reducing violence throughout the region — at least in terms of... Continue Reading →

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Criminal Protection Through Centralized Policing: Evidence from Mexico

Violence in Latin America: State Capacity and Legitimacy

The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, UC Berkeley