Justice Required

A groundbreaking quantitative and qualitative investigation of police violence, Justice Required argues that while police shootings are typically treated as a criminal justice issue, they should be understood as a public health problem.

Robert J. Durán is an associate professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. He is the author of The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border (2018) and Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey (2013), both published by Columbia University Press.

Oralia Loza is a professor of public health and interdisciplinary health sciences in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Texas, El Paso. Their research focuses on drug use, sexual risk, barriers to care, and sexual and gender minorities on the U.S.-Mexico border.