Academic interests
- Juvenile delinquency and justice
- Young offenders
- Families and prison life
- Crime prevention
- Criminal careers within organized crime
- Critical-transformative approaches to social justice
Nancy Gutiérrez Olivares’ project ‘CHILD & YOUTH SOS’ aims to build knowledge that reveals, adjusts, and enhances understanding of the fundamental social structures, mechanisms, and conditions through which children and young people engage in organized crime
Background
Nancy holds an Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in Social Work with Families and Children from the University of Stavanger, and the University of Gothenburg (2020). Her master’s dissertation explored professionals’ perspectives on the elements and conditions that enable restorative justice practices with children and young offenders in Norway and Sweden.
Gutiérrez Olivares professional experience has primarily focused on working with children and young people at risk of re/offending. She has collaborated with the Adult and Juvenile Penitentiary System in Mexico, as well as with Human Rights organizations and governmental institutions, including the General Directorate of Treatment for Adolescents and the Youth Institute (2011-2018), and with international organizations such as Save the Children, UNODC, and UNICEF (2021-2024), on matters related to child security, violence, and early crime prevention. From 2022 to 2024, she contributed as a local researcher to the project 'Crime in Latin America' (CRIMLA).