Lee Cabatingan is Associate Professor in the Departments of Criminology, Law and Society, and Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Susan Bibler Coutin is Professor in the Departments of Criminology, Law and Society, and Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Deyanira Nevárez Martínez is Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Michigan State University, USA.