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Vicente Riccio holds a doctorate on 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 For a (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, 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.

Di Jia an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at MSU Denver. After getting her Ph.D. from the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, Dr. Jia is committed to teaching in criminal justice. As a former Law enforcement officer in emergency and crisis policing, she applies her research and working experience to the classroom. Her teaching/research interests include Police Systems and Practices, Crime Analysis, Homeland Security and Crisis Management, and International and Comparative Studies on Criminal Justice Issues

Dilip K. Das is the Founding President of the International Police Executive Symposium, IPES, (www.ipes.info), and the Founding and former Editor-in-Chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, PPR, (http://www.tandfonline.com/gppr). He is the current editor of Advances in Police Theory and Practice, and Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts and Prisons. Dr. Das has also worked as Human Rights Consultant for the United Nations and is professor of Criminal Justice. He is nowadays teaching at the Coppin State University in Baltimore. He has also authored and coauthored diverse books in the field of Criminal Justice