Catalina Pérez Correa

Catalina has a Law Degree from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and a Master’s degree and Doctor of Laws from the law school of Stanford University in California. She is a research Professor of the Legal Studies Division of the Economic Research and Teaching Center (CIDE).
Her research focuses on the study of legal institutions from an interdisciplinary and empirical perspective, focusing mainly on the study of criminal justice enforcement institutions, the conditions of observance of legal norms, the application and effects of criminal punishment, among other themes. Among her publications are: The law of space: architecture and other ways of regulating behavior; Front desk justice: inside and outside criminal procedure in Mexico City; Transparency and law enforcement in the Federal District; From instrumentalism to voluntary compliance with the law; among other.
Currently, Dr. Pérez Correa is a member of the Drug Policy Program (PPD) of the CIDE and Coordinator of the Collective of Studies on Drugs and Law (CEDD); her studies focus on the functioning of the criminal justice system, drug policy in Latin America and the observance of social and legal norms.