Marcelo Bergman

Professor and the director of the Center for Latin American Studies on Insecurity and Violence (CELIV) at the National University of Tres de Febrero in Argentina

Marcelo Bergman holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California at San Diego. He is a professor and the director of the Center for Latin American Studies on Insecurity and Violence (CELIV) at the National University of Tres de Febrero in Argentina, and directs the Master’s Degree in Criminology and Citizen Security at this University. Previously, he worked as a professor-researcher in US and Mexican Universities, and as a consultant for international organizations. He writes on a variety of issues related to crime, public security, illegal drugs and public policies in Latin America. Other areas of research include taxation, compliance and rule of law in the region. He has led a large number of projects in data collection on crime and institutional performance in more than 14 countries in the region. His most recent books are:

Prisons and Crime in Latin America. (co-authored with Gustavo Fondevila) Cambridge University
Press. March 2021

More Money, More Crime: Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America. Oxford University
Press. 2018

Illegal Drugs, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Latin America. Springer 2018

Tax Evasion and the Rule of Law in Latin America: The Political Culture of Cheating and Compliance in Argentina and Chile. Penn State University Press. 2009.

Bergman, M., and Whitehead, L. (Eds.) The Challenges of Rising Criminality to Democracy and Rule of Law in Latin America. Notre Dame University Press. 2009.

Bergman, M., and Rosenkrantz, C. (Eds.) La Confianza y el Derecho en América Latina. Fondo de Cultura Económica. Mexico D.F. 2009.