Police Education in Brazil and Latin America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781032769813)

Eduardo Cerqueira Batitucci is a researcher at the João Pinheiro Foundation, linked to the Directorate of Public Policies and the Nucleus for Studies in Public Security (NESP). His research interests are sociology of crime, violence and institutions of the criminal justice system, working mainly on the following topics: public security, public policies, crime, police and functioning of the Criminal Justice System.

Paula Poncioni is a retired professor from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and currently teaches courses offered to public security professionals by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. She has been a member of the Brazilian Forum on Public Security since 2009 and a member of its Board of Directors since 2018. She has also been editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Journal of Public Security since 2029. Her research focuses on police education, professions, violence, public policy, public security and democracy.

José Vicente Tavares dos Santos is Professor of Sociology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Research at CNPq - National Council of Scientific Development (Brazil). He has held several eminent positions, including Director of the Latin American Institute for Advanced Studies, UFRGS, President of the Latin American Sociological Association, and President of the Brazilian Society of Sociology, among many others. He has published books, chapters and papers in different countries: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, England, France, Portugal, Turkey, South Africa and Taiwan.