The teaching and practice of Criminology in Latin America has historically been permeated by neocolonial power. The strong influence of a positivist criminology can be found in many southern capitals in the 19th century like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, but also in the surge of critical movements in the 1970s. Latin American criminology has struggled between originality and import, between political commitment and ideological asepsis. In this special edition, we want to discuss the particularities of this subcontinent that has so much to offer to countries on the margins of planetary power. The works of the most distinguished Latin American criminologists of the past will be analyzed, as well as the current opportunities in a world in perpetual change, challenging critical thinking.
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