Carlos Cuevas

Carlos Cuevas, a psychologist and professor of criminology at Northeastern University who has written about the Menendez brothers, added that “just because they did this really horrible thing does not mean that they weren’t victims.”

“Restraining and protective orders become sort of your first line of defense,” said Carlos Cuevas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University.

“Having access to a mode of lethal violence makes it just as easy for them to perpetrate that against others as to perpetrate that on themselves,” Northeastern University criminology professor and psychologist Carlos Cuevas said.

“Hate crimes have increased fairly steadily over the last eight years. But there are certain groups that have suffered this increase disproportionately, and the Hispanic community is an example,” said Carlos Cuevas, an academic at Northeastern University who has collaborated with investigations with the Department of Justice.