Policing the Americas

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

Police brutality against civilians in countries as diverse as Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and the US, has reignited modern debates on the pivotal role of police in the dynamics of urban life and the ideals of democratic policing in the Americas. This panel brings together scholars contributing to this debate from across the continent. The papers focus on the link between police chiefs and police behavior, the mechanisms driving police violence, and citizen views on military policing and police abuses during mass demonstrations. They rely on diverse methodological approaches, including statistical analysis of administrative data, interviews, and survey experiments.

Sub Unit

• Division 30: Urban Politics

Individual Presentations

• Violent Control of Urban Protest and Support for the Police in Colombia - Juan Albarracin Dierolf, University of Illinois, Chicago; Lucia Tiscornia, University College Dublin

• Police Violence: Revenge or Collateral Damage? - Ana Paula Pellegrino, Georgetown University

• How Elastic Are Preferences for Military Policing? Evidence from Colombia - Robert A. Blair, Brown University; Michael Lee Weintraub, Universidad de los Andes; Jessica Zarkin, Claremont McKenna College

• Do Female and Non-white Police Executives Change Police Behavior? - Anna M Gunderson, University of Texas, Austin; Laura Huber, University of Mississippi

Chair

• Hernan Flom Trinity College

Discussants

• Hernan Flom Trinity College

• Mariana Carvalho Brown University