About
Martin Hernán Di Marco is a sociologist with an MSc in Epidemiology and Health Policies and a PhD in Social Sciences (University of Buenos Aires). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS), University of Oslo, and previously served as Assistant Professor at the Violence and Violence Prevention group, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. He currently holds a position as Adjunct Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
His work focuses on violence perpetration, intimate partner violence, homicide/femicide, masculinities, biographical methods, desistance, treatment institutions, and relational desistance.
He is Secretary of Working Group 11 ' Violence and Society', and Treasurer of RC38 'Biography and Society' (International Sociological Association). He is also a founding member of RIAF, and currently serves as Managing Editor of NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Pérez, Gustavo Fondevila
(2026).
The Family at the Core: Neutralization and Narratives in Latin American Homicides.
International Criminology.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s43576-026-00235-2
Pérez, Gustavo Fondevila;
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Agoff, Carolina; Sandberg, Sveinung
(2025).
Crime as a Job: Risk Assessment and Desistance Within Professional Narratives Roles.
Justice quarterly.
Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2025.2475212
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Sandberg, Sveinung; Fondevila, Gustavo
(2025).
Parenthood, gender, and turning points to crime for young people in Latin America.
Advances in Life Course Research.
Vol. 63.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100657
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Evans, Dabeny P.; Branigan, Claire
(2024).
Hacia un futuro sin feminicidio/femicidio: Investigación, activismo y respuestas organizadas en las Américas.
ISBN: 9789878832500.
325 p.
Teseo Editores.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4777546
Santi, María Florencia;
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
(2024).
Ethics and health related research: The harm issue.
Revista de Bioética y Derecho: Perspectivas Bioéticas.
https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2024.62.45154
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Santi, María Florencia
(2024).
Racionalidades, clausuras y dilemas. Problemas éticos y metodológicos en el trabajo de campo con varones perpetradores de violencia hacia sus parejas mujeres.
Perfiles Latinoamericanos.
https://doi.org/10.18504/pl3264-009-2024
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Baranyi, Gergo; Evans, Dabney
(2024).
Psychopathy, psychological distress, and treatment history among perpetrators of intimate partner femicide, homicide, and other violent crimes in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
PLOS Mental Health.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000064
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Sandberg, Sveinung
(2024).
Fear, helplessness, pain, anger: The narrated emotions of intimate femicide perpetrators in Latin America.
International Sociology.
https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809241243009
Fahs, Ellie;
Marco, Martín Hernán Di
; Evans, Dabney P.
(2023).
"There Was No Other Option": Femicide Perpetrators' Sensemaking on Gender and Violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Violence and Gender.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2021.0093
Marco, Martin Hernan Di
; Jiménez-Ribera, Adrián; Brizuela, Magalí; Cavaro, Florentina
(2023).
Psicopatología, patriarcado y fe: relatos de cambio en dispositivos de abordaje de violencia de género en Argentina.
Andamios. Revista de Investigación Social.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v20i53.1049
