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María B. VélezAssistant Professor Office: SSCI 1074 Research Areascriminology, communities, racial and economic inequality
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María B. Vélez is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Sociology at the University of New Mexico (Ph.D., The Ohio State University). Generally, María’s research focuses on explaining the uneven pattern of crime across neighborhoods, cities, and individuals. She pays particular attention to how structural factors such racial and economic inequalities, immigration, external investments help to understand this patterning. She also seeks to understand the interplay among the actions of political and economic actors, the creation and maintenance of urban inequality and crime patterns. Select Publications Vélez, María B., Christopher Lyons and Blake Boursenaw. 2012. “Assessing the Santoro, Wayne A., María B. Vélez, and Stacy Keogh. 2012. “Mexican American Vélez, María B. and Kelly Richardson. 2012. “The Political Economy of Neighborhood Vélez, María B. 2009. “Contextualizing the Immigration and Crime Effect: An Vélez, María B., Lauren J. Krivo and Ruth D. Peterson. 2003. “Interracial Inequality and Homicide: A Direct Assessment of the Black-White Gap in Killings.” Criminology 41:645-672. Vélez, María B. 2001. “The Role of Public Social Control in Urban Neighborhoods: A MultiLevel Analysis of Victimization Risk.” Criminology 39(4):837-864. |
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