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Rosa del Olmo

Criminological Theorists and Social Scientists

Rosa del Olmo was a Venezuelan criminologist and one of the founding figures of critical criminology in Latin America, known for her analysis of drug prohibition and control policy in the region and for arguing that Latin American criminal justice systems could not simply be understood by importing theories built for North America and Europe.

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