Book · 2024
Policing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective
Co-authored volume from Springer examining how police organizations in twelve countries adapted under sustained crisis.
Criminologist · Researcher · Consultant
Dr. Marijana M. Kotlaja
Quantitative criminologist working at the intersection of community violence, juvenile justice, and cross-national crime — from Kansas City to the Western Balkans.
Senior Associate at Justice System Partners · Founder of MK Research LLC
Featured Work
Selected research, evaluation, and invited contributions.
Evaluation · $1.3M
KC360 Violence Prevention Evaluation
Principal Investigator on the City of Kansas City Department of Health's flagship community violence reduction evaluation.
Invited Talk · UNODC
Football Hooliganism, Politics, and Organized Crime in the Balkans
Invited address to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the Belivuk case and Western Balkans organized crime.
Recent
Talks, panels, and press.
Panel · 2024
American Public Square — Kansas City Public Library
Invited Talk · 2024
UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Football Hooliganism, Politics, and Organized Crime in the Balkans: Lessons from the Belivuk Case.
Symposium · 2024
Public Safety Symposium
Guns, Crime and the Economy — invited by Mayor Pro Tem Shaw, Kansas City.
Writing
Notes on crime, justice, and method.
I write a Substack newsletter on criminology, comparative perspectives, and what the data actually shows. New posts every few weeks.