Graduate Student
Specialization:
Crime and Punishment, Urban Sociology, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Critical Criminology, Qualitative Research Methods
Education:
B.A., UC Los Angeles
M.A., UC Riverside
Bio:
Humberto Flores is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology. His research interests broadly center on how legal institutions shape community trust, legitimacy, and social inequality. Drawing on qualitative methods, his work explores the complexities of the relationship between Latino neighborhoods and law enforcement, focusing on how punitive policing practices contribute to a broader sense of alienation and distrust while fostering the development of community-based systems of social control and collective accountability. By centering the unique histories and survival strategies of multiple generations of Latino men and women, this research provides a multi-layered ethnographic portrait that reflects broader dynamics within Latino communities in California. Humberto earned his BA in sociology from UCLA and his MA in sociology from UC Riverside.