Suzanna Ramirez is a postdoctoral research fellow for CEPS working on the Vulnerable Communities project including the National Household Survey. Suzanna completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Washington in 2011.  Her dissertation looked at the relationship between neighborhood collective efficacy and neighborhood collective behavior, particularly for immigrants. Suzanna’s research interests include neighborhood crime and collective behavior, ecological theories of crime, and juvenile justice practices for youth delinquency and child dependency cases.