Leticia Claro Oliveira

Leticia Claro Oliveira is a PhD student in Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. She studies comparative politics with a regional focus on Latin America. Her research examines the political consequences of organized crime, gun violence, and criminal governance, with particular attention to how firearms circulation and armed actors shape public policy, political representation, and civilian behavior. Her dissertation examines how changes in public policies shape the decisions of civilians living under armed criminal governance, with implications for gun violence and criminal control.