Crime, Law, and Governance in the Americas

The Crime, Law, and Governance in the Americas (CLGA) Specialization in the Master of Arts in Latin American Studies (MALAS) program is designed to train students in the interdisciplinary, comparative study of crime in Latin America and the U.S., and prepare them for research and applied careers in the fields of law and governance in relation to crime in the Americas.

Requirements

6 hours of gateway seminars (preferably in the first semester):
LAS 6220 Issues and Perspectives in Latin American Studies

6 hours of core courses (select two, at least one of them must be LAS course):
LAS 6938-ANG 6930 Law and Order (Latin America)
LAS6938-ANG 6930 Violence and Crime in Latin America
CCJ 6039 Law and Society
CCJ 6920 Criminological Theories 

9 hours of courses in the specialization (see below)

9 hours of courses with Latin American content outside the specialization, selected in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Richmond Brown                                                                                              

In addition, students must register for LAS 6971, Master’s Research, in the semester of graduation—at least 3 credit hours for or spring, or 2 credit hours for summer

Theory and Topics (select two or three): 
ANG 6273 Anthropology of Law
ANG 6453 Human Rights in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANG 6930 War and Forgetting in the Americas
ANG 6930 Ethnography and Illicit Flows
ANG 6930 Topographies of Law
CCJ 6092 Drugs, Crime, and Policy
CPO 4722 LAS 6938 Latin American and Caribbean Migration to the United States
INR 6249 Inter-American Relations
LAS 6905 Latin American Political Economy
LAS 6938 Law & Policy in the Americas
LAS 6938 Anthropology and Development in Latin America
LAS 6938 Democracy in Latin America
LAW 6936 LAS 6938 Trade & Human Rights In The Americas
SYA 7933 Race, Crime, and Law

Methods courses (may select one as part of the specialization requirements):
ANG 6801 Ethnographic Field Methods
ANG 6915 Research Projects in Social, Cultural, and Applied Anthropology
CCJ 6705 Research Methods in Crime, Law, & Justice
GEO 6166 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Spatial Analysis
GIS 5107C Geographic Information Systems in Research
POS 6737 Political Data Analysis
POS 6757 Survey Research
POS 6707 Qualitative Research Methods for Political Science

Course Substitutions Course substitutions can only be made with prior approval from the CLGA Program. To request a course substitution, send an e-mail message to CLGA Academic Advisor, explaining the proposed substitution. Attach an electronic copy of the alternate course syllabus.

Core Faculty

Ieva Jusionyte (Anthropology & Latin American Studies) 
Richard Kernaghan (Anthropology)  
Charles Wood  (Sociology & Latin American Studies) 
Marvin Krohn (Criminology)
Jeffrey Adler (History) 
Jodi Schorb  (English)

Contact Information

319 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
USA Tel: (352) 392-0375
Fax: (352) 392-7682 

Graduate Advisor 
Richmond Brown

Specialization Coordinator 
Ieva Jusionyte