Panel: Crime in the Americas
(Crime, Justice, and Drugs)

Thursday, November 7, 2019: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Plaza Building: Lobby Level, Director's Row J (Sheraton Denver Downtown)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Chair:  Andrea Velasquez, Univeristy of Colorado, Denver
Discussant:  Patricio Dominguez, Inter-American Development Bank

Crime in the Americas


Electoral Crime Under Democracy: Evidence from Brazil
Andre Assumpcao, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill



Household Responses to the Escalation of Violent Crime in Mexico
Luisa Blanco1, Kevin Grier2, Robin Grier2 and Dan Hicks3, (1)Pepperdine University, (2)Texas Tech University, (3)University of Oklahoma



Gangs, State Capacity, and Development: The Value of Law and Order
Nikita Melnikov1, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla2 and Maria Micaela Sviatschi1, (1)Princeton University, (2)University of California, Berkeley




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