Diane E. Davis

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Insecurity and Violence

Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

Photo by Adam Bezer

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Journal Articles

2016

The Production of Space and Violence in Cities of the Global South: Evidence from Latin America

Nóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (num. especial Enero–Julio): 1–15.

2013

Undermining the Rule of Law: Democratization and the Dark Side of Police Reform in Mexico

Latin American Politics and Society, 48/1 (Spring): 55–86. [referred]

Book Chapters

2020

Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities

In Oxford Handbook of Sociology in Latin America, edited by Arturo Alvarado. Oxford University Press.

2017

Resilience, Security, and Spaces of Migrant Refuge (with Marianne Potvin)

In Philippe Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Security. Edward Elgar Press.

2013

Rescaling Security Strategies: State Tactics and Citizen Responses to Violence in Mexico City (with Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa)

In Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby (eds.), Policing Cities: Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century. Routledge.

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Diane E. Davis

About

Contact

Research /

Insecurity and Violence

Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

Photo by Adam Bezer

Photo by Getty Images

Journal Articles

2016

The Production of Space and Violence in Cities of the Global South: Evidence from Latin America

Nóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (num. especial Enero–Julio): 1–15.

2006

Undermining the Rule of Law: Democratization and the Dark Side of Police Reform in Mexico

Latin American Politics and Society, 48/1 (Spring): 55–86. [referred]

Book Chapters

2020

Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities

In Oxford Handbook of Sociology in Latin America, edited by Arturo Alvarado. Oxford University Press.

2017

Resilience, Security, and Spaces of Migrant Refuge (with Marianne Potvin)

In Philippe Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Security. Edward Elgar Press.

2013

Rescaling Security Strategies: State Tactics and Citizen Responses to Violence in Mexico City (with Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa)

In Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby (eds.), Policing Cities: Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century. Routledge.

© Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.

Designed by Adi Meira

Diane E. Davis

About

Contact

Research /

Insecurity and Violence

Analysis of conflict emerging in the exercise of governance and in struggles over sovereignty

Photo by Adam Bezer

Photo by Adam Bezer

Journal Articles

2016

The Production of Space and Violence in Cities of the Global South: Evidence from Latin America

Nóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (num. especial Enero–Julio): 1–15.

2006

Undermining the Rule of Law: Democratization and the Dark Side of Police Reform in Mexico

Latin American Politics and Society, 48/1 (Spring): 55–86. [referred]

Book Chapters

2020

Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities

In Oxford Handbook of Sociology in Latin America, edited by Arturo Alvarado. Oxford University Press.

2017

Resilience, Security, and Spaces of Migrant Refuge (with Marianne Potvin)

In Philippe Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Security. Edward Elgar Press.

2013

Rescaling Security Strategies: State Tactics and Citizen Responses to Violence in Mexico City (with Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa)

In Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby (eds.), Policing Cities: Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century. Routledge.

© Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.

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