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Ramiro Martinez, Jr.
Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice and in Sociology and Anthropology
617.373.7066
Expertise
ethnic, immigrant groups, Mexico's drug violence, violence and crime along US/Mexican border and US/Caribbean border, violent crime across ecological settings and across racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups

Ramiro Martinez, Jr. in the Press

Ramiro Martinez, Jr. for Northeastern Global News

The immigration debate in America

As part of Northeastern’s educational series on civic sustainability, a trio of Northeastern scholars led a discussion on immigration issues in the U.S. from a legal, philosophical, and criminal justice perspective.

3Qs: Examining the dynamics of drug violence

In recent months, more reports have surfaced of escalating violence involving drug cartels in parts of Mexico. We asked Ramiro Martinez Jr., a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern, to examine the current dynamic amid the Mexican drug violence plaguing these regions. As a quantitative criminologist, Martinez’s research looks at how violence varies across ecological settings, and if violent crimes and violent deaths vary across racial and ethnic groups.