Mark Ungar
Professor
Political Science
Location: 3407 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1740
Fax: 718.951.4833
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Mark Ungar is professor of political science at Brooklyn College and of the Criminal Justice Doctoral Program and the Liberal Arts Masters Program of the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written and edited four books and about 30 articles and book chapters on judicial reform, citizen security and policing. He also has worked as an adviser to the United Nations, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras and Mexico. He also works with human rights organizations, serving on a policy committee of Amnesty International USA and of civil rights groups in Venezuela. He has been awarded grants and fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, the CUNY Research Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Education:
Ph.D., Columbia University - 1997 (Political Science)
M.I.A., Columbia University - 1991 (International Affairs)
B.A., Wesleyan University - 1987 (Government and English)
Areas of Expertise:
Ungar specializes in Latin American politics, criminal justice and democratization. In particular, he develops policy recommendations and academic analysis on criminal policy and police reform in Latin America. He writes and serves as an adviser on community policing, anti-violence and human rights projects. At CUNY, he teaches graduate courses on international politics, comparative politics, the military and police, human rights and violence.
Books and Publications
Co-editor and co-author, Sustaining Human Rights in the 21st Century: Strategies from Latin America. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
"Community Policing in Honduras: Local Impacts of a National Programme." Policing and Society 22.1, March. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Environmental Policing in Latin America." Special Report for the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"Evaluation of Mexico's Police Reform," written for the federal secretary of security, Mexico. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"In Honduras, A Catastrophe Long Foretold." The New York Times, op-ed, Feb. 20. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"Managing Citizen Security in Latin America's Changing States and Societies." Institutions and Democracy: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan. Eds. Douglas Chalmers and Scott Mainwaring. University of Notre Dame Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
"Re-assessing Community-oriented Policing in Latin America." Policing and Society 22.1, March. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Citizen Security." The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics. Ed. Joel Krieger. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obtacles to Citizen Security in Latin America. Johns Hopkins University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
"Defensoría del Pueblo (Human Rights Ombudsman Office)." The Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Scribner. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"La Mano Dura: Current Dilemmas in Latin American Police Reform." Criminality, Public Security and the Challenges to Democracy in Latin America. University of Notre Dame Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008
"Policing Youth in Latin America." Youth and Violence in Latin America. Palgrave. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
"The Privatization of Citizen Security in Latin America: From Elite Guards to Neighborhood Vigilantes." Social Justice. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
Ungar, Mark and Ana Laura Magaloni. "Latin America's Prisons: A Crisis of Criminal Policy and Democratic Rule." Criminality, Public Security and the Challenges to Democracy in Latin America. University of Notre Dame Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
Ungar, Mark, and Desmond Arias. "Community Policing and Latin America's Citizen Security Crisis." Comparative Politics. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
"Crime, Citizen Security and Democracy in Latin America." Latin America After Neo-liberalism: Turning the Tide in the 21st Century. The New Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2006
"The Police of Bolivia." World Police Encylopedia. Eds. Mark Ungar, et al. New York: Routledge. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
"The Police of Honduras." World Police Encylopedia. Eds. Mark Ungar, et al. New York: Routledge. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
Ungar, Mark, et al. World Police Encylopedia. New York: Routledge. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2005
"Prisons and Politics in Latin America." Human Rights Quarterly 25.4, November. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Elusive Reform: Democracy and the Rule of Law in Latin America. Lynne Rienner Publishers. (Books and Publications: Book) 2002
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Principal investigator, Human Rights in Iran Unit, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Fellow, Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Organized Crime in Latin America." University of New Hampshire. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Dae Chang International Fellow, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"National Human Rights Institutions and Criminal Justice." Faculty Workshop. Harvard University Law School. Cambridge, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2009
"Policía Comunitaria (COP) y Violencia Criminal en los EE.UU." Third Internaotinal Symposium of Communtiy Policing. Bogotá. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"The Police: Advancing Citizen Security?" Violence and Citizenship in Post-authoritarian Latin America Conference. Princeton University. Princeton, N.J., March 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Implementing Community Police in Latin America." II Foro Inter-Americano, Inter-American Development Bank. Lima, Peru, April 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Successful Police Reform: An International Comparison." Foro Internacional de Seguridad Ciudadana. Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Professional Leadership
Conducted report for international organizations in Honduras to assess the country's security sector. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Wrote report, Application of U.S. Anti-violence Programs in Latin America, for the Inter-American Development Bank as part of hemipheric anti-violence network. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2009
Adviser, United Nations. Developed reform proposals for security forces in Latin America for Office of Political Affairs; work with U.N. Development Program on police reform in Venezuela and Bolivia. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2008
Director, Tinker Foundation Grant ($60,000) to write best-practices manual on community policing in Latin America. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2008
Legal adviser, American Bar Association. Provide advice and affidavits on political asylum cases from Latin America. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2008
Adviser, Mendoza and La Rioja Provinces, Argentina. Formulate and implement new management, training, internal evaluation and community policing programs for the Security Secretariats and Police of Mendoza and La Rioja provinces. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Adviser, Police Reform Commission, Government of Bolivia. Developed reforms on police decentralization, administration, investigation, promotion, internal affairs and community policing programs. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2005
