Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law and Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Dr. Hanson holds a joint appointment with the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Center. She has conducted research in Venezuela and Colombia on issues such as participatory democratic neighborhood experiments, socialist ideology, civilian police reform, police militarization and its impacts on organized crime, and the effects of police-community meetings on citizen attitudes and police behavior. Her current book project looks at the limits of police reform in Latin America, using Venezuela as a case study.
Massive protests erupt again over disputed Venezuelan elections – but they look different this time
Aug 01, 2024 22:12 pm UTC| Politics
Post-election protests are far from uncommon in Venezuela. In 2018, people took to the streets to contest President Nicolás Maduros reelection; they did so again in 2019 when the Venezuelan opposition proclaimed...
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