Kristina Hinz is a researcher and political analyst, specialized in public security, gender-based violence, law enforcement violence, and gun control, with experience in Latin America and the Middle East. Currently, she is working as a researcher at the Laboratory for Violence Analysis (LAV), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and writing her Ph.D. dissertation at the Free University of Berlin. She can be found on Twitter @KristinaHinz_