This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.

Contributions by: Sigrid Arzt, Bruce Bagley, Adriana Beltrán, Marten W. Brienen, Jorge Chabat, Nashira Chávez, Sebastián Antonino Cutrona, Amanda M. Gurecki, Victor J. Hinojosa, Adam Isacson, Nathan Jones, Pryanka Peñafiel, John Polga-Hecimovich, David Rocha, Jonathan D. Rosen, Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Mark Ungar, Christine J. Wade, Michael Jerome Wolff, Roberto Zepeda