I am a Lecturer in Security and Crime Science at the UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, where I have taught on range of courses including organised crime, quantitative methods, research design, and crime prevention.
My research is mostly focused on crime in Mexico and Latin America and the Caribbean, on issues such as organised crime (in particular extortion), repeat victimisation, quantitative criminology, crime prevention, and the nexus between crime and public policy.
PhD in Security and Crime Science, 2020
University College London (UCL)
MRes in Security and Crime Science, 2015
University College London (UCL)
MAP (Public Administration and Public Policy), 2011
Tecnológico de Monterrey
We are accepting abstract submissions for a Special Issue on Understanding the New Geographies of Organised Crime. Selected abstracts will be presented at a symposium that will be held in London in June 2023 and subsequently published in a top-ranked journal.
This study tested three competing hypothesis to explain a sudden increase of street robberies in Montevideo: 1) the failure of a hot spot policing program to maintain crime decreases; 2) improved crime recording by police patrols using tablet computers; and 3) the change from an inquisitorial to an adversarial criminal justice process. Using an interrupted time series approach with ARIMA errors, we found that the new criminal justice procedure was the most likely explanation for robbery increases.
This peer-reviewed study evaluated the impact of a hot spot policing programme carried out in four Argentinian cities. Overall, hot spot policing was found to work in preventing robbery and theft, with important variations per city.
This peer-reviewed study showed that the incidence of most crime types in Mexico City decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, it also showed that some of the decreases were associated with the reduction of crime opportunities related to the disruption of routine activities.