Catalina is the Executive Director of the Programme of Social Studies on Crime at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has worked for more than fifteen years researching on justice and crime from the academia, think-tanks and leading consultancies to international organisations. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Valparaíso and an MPhil and a PhD(c) in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Between 2012 and 2016 she was President of the Chilean Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence. Her research interests are in criminal justice policies, youth crime, prison studies, gender and access to justice.

Website:

http://sociologia.uc.cl/profesor/catalina-droppelmann-roepke/