Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University of Colombia). She studied political science (Freie Universität Berlin) and anthropology (Universidad de los Andes- Colombia). Her research includes urban violence, contemporary prisons, youth and street gangs, gender and urban planning, community leaders, and state responses to crime and violence in Latin America, particularly Honduras and Colombia. Her research has been funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Latin American Council for Social Research. Her book, Territories of Violence. State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security, was published in 2013 with Palgrave. She is currently working on her second book on women community leaders and high risk urban contexts in Colombia.
Gang-Related Violence/Non-State Actors
Gender-Based Violence/Domestic Violence /GBV
Prison Conditions
Risk Of Retaliation
Risk of Return
Political Persecution
I have over more than 10-year- experience writing expert reports and testifying in immigration courts for persons seeking asylum or withholding of removal. I have written over 200 expert reports and have testified multiple in US immigration courts.
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