Publications
Academic publications
Supporting Youth and Families to Prevent Risky Youth Behavior and Delinquency: an Impact Evaluation of a Family Counseling Program in the Caribbean. 2022. Co-authored with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Rachel Pizatella-Haswell. Children and Youth Services Review, 142.
From Prison Gangs to Transnational Mafia: the Expansion of Organized Crime in Brazil. 2022. Trends in Organized Crime.
The Dark Side of Competition: Organized Crime and Violence in Brazil. 2021. Doctoral dissertation. Johns Hopkins University.
Media coverage: Revista Piauí, Portal G1, UOL, ContilNet, Farol da Bahia, Jornal O Povo
State-Criminal Alliances and Community Predation: Evidence from Rio de Janeiro. Co-authored with Edgar Franco-Vivanco and Beatriz Magaloni. Working paper
The Pacification of Favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Manuscript, 2011.
Going Beyond Bolsa Família to Solve Underdevelopment Problems in the Brazilian Northeast. Debates Latinoamericanos, no. 16, 2011.
Policy reports
Impact Evaluation of the PMGSY Rural Roads Program in India. 2021. The World Bank.
Media coverage: Hindustan Times 1 and 2, The Indian Express, Free Press Journal
Improving Measurement of Youth and Young Adult Delinquency Risk. 2021. USAID Report.
Evaluation of Secondary Prevention in the Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) Program in St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and Guyana. 2020. USAID Impact Evaluation Final Report.
Performance Evaluation of the Implementation of the Certificado Único Policial (CUP) in Mexico. 2020. Report for the U.S. State Department - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
Impact Evaluation of the ‘Increasing Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault in South Africa’ Program. 2017. USAID Impact Evaluation Final Report.
The Favelas of Rio de Janeiro Have a Promising New Policing Program. 2013. Kulturaustausch – Zeitschrift für internationale Perspektiven (Germany).
Changing Relationships Between Police and Society: What Inspiring Experiences in Rio de Janeiro, Medellin and the U.S. Can Teach Mexico. 2011. Stanford University Program on Poverty and Governance Policy Brief no. 1.