R. V. Gundur is a criminologist based in Ireland. He is the author of Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade. He studies illicit enterprise, fraud, gangs, and cybercrime. He holds a PhD in criminology from Cardiff University, where he was an ESRC scholar; a Master’s in Criminology Research Methods from the University of Oxford; a Master’s of Arts in International Relations from The Australian National University, where he was a Hedley Bull Scholar; and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Tulane University.
R.V. has taught in Wales, Singapore, Australia, and Scotland. His work has appeared in reports published by the European Union, the City of London Corporation, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and he has been published in several academic journals including Urban Affairs Review; Deviant Behavior; Crime, Law and Social Change; Trends in Organized Crime; Global Crime, and International Criminal Justice Review.
