Angelica Duran-Martinez is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University, a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University. Her research focuses on organized crime, violence, and the state in Latin America and has received funding from the United States Institute of Peace, the Social Science Research Council, and the Open Society Foundation through the Drugs, Security, and Democracy fellowship. She has published articles in journals like the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Comparative Political Studies, and Crime, Law and Social Change.

The book...serve[s] as a solid foundation for scholars to build on and, with any hope, encourage a set of public policies capable of securing a more just and peaceful future for Latin America.

• List of Figures, Tables, and Maps AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations 1. States, Trafficking, and Violence 2. Conceptualizing Drug Violence 3. Democratization and State Capacity to Control Violence 4. Medellín: From Extreme Wars to Unstable Pacification 5. Cali and Culiacán: Hidden Violence and State-Criminal Collusion 6. Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana: Beyond a Border Tale of Violence Conclusion Appendix: Coding Protocol for Drug-Violence Events Glossary Notes BibliographyIndex

Angelica Duran-Martinez is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University, a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University. Her research focuses on organized crime, violence, and the state in Latin America and has received funding from the United States Institute of Peace, the Social Science Research Council, and the Open Society Foundation through the Drugs, Security, and Democracy fellowship. She has published articles in journals like the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Comparative Political Studies, and Crime, Law and Social Change.

The book...serve[s] as a solid foundation for scholars to build on and, with any hope, encourage a set of public policies capable of securing a more just and peaceful future for Latin America.

• List of Figures, Tables, and Maps AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations 1. States, Trafficking, and Violence 2. Conceptualizing Drug Violence 3. Democratization and State Capacity to Control Violence 4. Medellín: From Extreme Wars to Unstable Pacification 5. Cali and Culiacán: Hidden Violence and State-Criminal Collusion 6. Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana: Beyond a Border Tale of Violence Conclusion Appendix: Coding Protocol for Drug-Violence Events Glossary Notes BibliographyIndex

Angelica Duran-Martinez is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University, a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University. Her research focuses on organized crime, violence, and the state in Latin America and has received funding from the United States Institute of Peace, the Social Science Research Council, and the Open Society Foundation through the Drugs, Security, and Democracy fellowship. She has published articles in journals like the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Comparative Political Studies, and Crime, Law and Social Change.

The book...serve[s] as a solid foundation for scholars to build on and, with any hope, encourage a set of public policies capable of securing a more just and peaceful future for Latin America.

• List of Figures, Tables, and Maps AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations 1. States, Trafficking, and Violence 2. Conceptualizing Drug Violence 3. Democratization and State Capacity to Control Violence 4. Medellín: From Extreme Wars to Unstable Pacification 5. Cali and Culiacán: Hidden Violence and State-Criminal Collusion 6. Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana: Beyond a Border Tale of Violence Conclusion Appendix: Coding Protocol for Drug-Violence Events Glossary Notes BibliographyIndex