Abstract In Central America, drug traffickers are deforesting the region's remaining forests
and protected areas through a process known as narco‐ganadería, narco‐cattle ranching …

Using evidence from Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), this chapter suggests
how geospatial knowledge production and securitization can contribute to tourism-enabled …

We draw from literature on penal imaginaries to examine representations at fright nights and
other staged cultural scenes from across Canada and the United States that reproduce …

Understanding offender motivation is key to develo** effective crime reduction policies.
Criminological theories seeking to explain offender motivations are plentiful—some argue …

The global tourism industry can build international solidarity, foster cultural understanding,
and facilitate sustainable development (McCool and Bosak 2016). Yet, the tourism industry …

This book examines the entanglements and blurred edges of nature conservation and
geopolitical relations in the borderlands of the trinational Maya Forest. Maya Forest is an …

Abstract The looting of La Corona, Guatemala is one of the most well-known examples of
Maya archaeological looting. Known only as 'Site Q'before its location was positively …

Academic literature as well as popular culture have long grappled with the complicated,
often dark, role that tourism plays across local social, economic, and political contexts. From …

The Ceibal-Petexbatún Archaeological Project has built long-standing relationships in the
area around Ceibal, Guatemala, particularly in the Q'eqchi'Maya village of Las Pozas. Both …

Academic literature as well as popular culture have long grappled with the complicated,
often dark, role that tourism plays across local social, economic, and political contexts. From …