Rolando Ochoa Hernandez
Lecturer
Department of Security Studies and Criminology
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Dr. Rolando Ochoa is a Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology. He holds a PhD in Sociology and an MPhil in Latin American Studies, both from the University of Oxford, UK. He has carried out research on the history and political economy of kidnapping in Mexico, as well as the impact of organized crime on fragile states. He has also focused on how how individuals solve issues of trust and reputation in contexts of weak rule of law and inside criminal organizations. Prior to joining SSC, he was a post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer at the School of Sociology, at the Australian National University (ANU). He has also worked as a Senior Analyst at the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) in Canada, where he acquired important policy experience and a Senior Researcher at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Prevention of Crime (APCPC), at Griffith University.
Research Interest
Organized crime (Latin America and Asia Pacific), The political economy of crime, Governance of criminal organizations, Trust and reputation, Signaling
Publications
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Not just the rich: New tendencies in kidnapping in Mexico city Ochoa, R. Feb 2012 In : Global Crime. 13, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.
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Tackling conflicts of interest: policy instruments in different settings Ochoa, R. & Graycar, A. 2016 In : Public integrity. 18, 1, p. 83-100 18 p.
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Local dynamics of a global phenomenon: policing organized crime Ochoa, R. 2016 The SAGE handbook of global policing. Bradford, B., Jauregui, B., Loader, I. & Steinberg, J. (eds.). London ; Thousand Oaks, USA ; New Delhi ; Singapore: SAGE Publications, p. 462-478 17 p.
