Dr Nicholas Barnes
Senior Lecturer
Research areas
Dr Barnes' research and teaching revolve around the following topics:
- the intersection of criminal and political violence
- the origins and evolution of organized criminal groups
- criminal governance
- police militarization in Brazil/Latin America
- ethnography and the ethics of fieldwork
- visual arts and community change
PhD supervision
- Agustin Hernandez Berea
- Sike Li
- Katelyn Nutley
- Benjamin Weber
Selected publications
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Inside criminalized governance: how and why gangs rule the streets of Rio de Janeiro
Barnes, N., 6 Feb 2025, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 366 p. (Cambridge studies in comparative politics)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
The logic of criminal territorial control: military intervention in Rio de Janeiro
Barnes, N., 1 Apr 2022, In: Comparative Political Studies. 55, 5, p. 789-831 43 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Criminal violence in Latin America
Albarracín, J. & Barnes, N., 23 Jun 2020, In: Latin American Research Review. 55, 2, p. 397-406 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Criminal politics: an integrated approach to the study of organized crime, politics, and violence
Barnes, N., 1 Dec 2017, In: Perspectives on Politics. 15, 4, p. 967-987 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crime and plural orders in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arias, E. D. & Barnes, N., 1 May 2017, In: Current Sociology. 65, 3, p. 448-465 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review