Policing the Amazon

This edited collection discusses the rule of law in the Amazon and the capabilities of the region's sovereign states to police their territory considering security matters.

Vicente Riccio holds a doctorate in Sociology from Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro and was the coordinator of the graduate program of Law and Innovation at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2017-2023), Brazil. He also has worked as a consultant for many public institutions in Brazil, such as the Ministry of Justice, Public Security Secretary of Rio de Janeiro, and Civil Police of Amazonas. His research interests are police reform, legal systems in developing democracies, media, justice, and video evidence. He has organized Police and Society in Brazil (Routledge) book, coedited with Wesley Skogan (Northwestern University). He has also published articles and book chapters in international and Brazilian publications.
Guilherme Lopes da Cunha holds a Postdoctoral in International Relations at the University of Brasília (UnB), PhD, and MA in International Political Economy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is a Professor at the Brazilian War College (ESG), and the Brazilian Defense College (ESD), at the Ministry of Defense of Brazil. He has organized Brazil in the Geopolitics of Amazonia and Antarctica (Lexington Books), coedited with Fábio Albergaria de Queiroz (Brazilian Defense College), and Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau (University of Brasilia).