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Lucía Dammert

PhD in Political Science from Leiden University, the Netherlands. Full professor at the University of Santiago de Chile and an expert on security, urban violence, organized crime, and public policy in Latin America.

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Organized crime and human development: the urgency of a structural response in Latin America

The rise of organized crime in Latin America threatens not only security, but the very foundations of human development and democracy in the region.