Ms. Lilian Bobea (Dominican Republic) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Behavioral Science and Criminal   Justice, at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. She is also the Chairperson for the  Latin American Studies Association‘s section and Track on Defense, Public Security and Democracy. She is an occasional consultant in the area of police and military reform and on judicial systems. Ms. Bobea has a Bachelor in Sociology from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo and a Master in Sociology from the State University of New York, Binghamton. She also has a Ph.D from Utrecht University. Some of the main activities she engages in include international conferences on the topics of security, human rights, civil and military relations, police and justice systems reform. She is also a pro-bono advocate for the rights of deportee’s immigrants and is a publisher of a monthly column for a local newspaper in the Domincan Republic. She has multiple publications on various issues including violence, criminal justice and on the war on drugs.