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Jose Atiles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds two Ph.D. degrees, one in Sociology from the University of Coimbra in Portugal and the other in Philosophy from the University of the Basque Country in Spain. His research publications primarily focus on the socio-legal criminological implications of colonialism in Puerto Rico, examining issues such as emergency powers, corruption, and state-corporate crime that exacerbate the unequal and undemocratic conditions in Puerto Rico. His work is published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the British Journal of Criminology and Sociology Compass. Atiles' research interests encompass Sociology of Law, Crime, Law and Deviance, Critical Criminology, Political Sociology, Political Economy, and Colonialism relating to Puerto Rico and Latin America. He employs qualitative methodologies such as ethnography and critical discourse analysis to investigate the legal-political relationship in Puerto Rico, particularly the effects of colonialism and legal responses to crises.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Urbana, IL
Teaching and researching in the Department of Sociology, focusing on socio-legal issues and criminology.
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