CURRICULUM VITAE CARLOS J. VILALTA CONTACT INFORMATION Email: Websites: Current position: carlos.vilalta@cide.edu http://www.cide.edu/presentation.htm http://www.cide.edu/investigador/profile.php?idinvestigador=1163 http://investigadores.cide.edu/carlos.vilalta/personal/home.htm http://www.geocrimen.cide.edu/ Professor-Researcher Center for Economic Research and Education (CIDE) Mexico City Permanent address: Privada de Tamarindos 32, Appt. 402 Bosques de las Lomas Cuajimalpa, CP 05120 Distrito Federal, Mexico Phone: 55.4088.6901 Date of Birth: July 2, 1970 Place of Birth: Soria, Spain Nationality: Spanish Residence: Mexico Permanente Resident (FM2) Status EDUCATION Ph.D. Urban Studies. Portland State University (2002) Master in Urban Studies. El Colegio de Mexico (1998) BA in Law. Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico (1994) Diploma (in process). Anthropology and Modernity. Universidad Iberoamericana (2013) Certificate. Applied Demography. Portland State University (1999) Diploma. European Union Studies. El Colegio de Mexico (1995) RESEARCH AND PREFERRED METHODS Spatial and temporal elements of crime Fear of crime Prison populations Spatial statistics, free-distribution statistics, and time series 1
PUBLICATIONS BOOKS In process. Prison Inmates Profiles II: Theories and Correlatives (In Spanish: Perfiles Criminales II: Teorías y Correlativos. Mexico: Editorial CIDE. Forthcoming in 2013. Prison Inmates Profiles I: Frequencies and Descriptives (In Spanish: Perfiles Criminales I: Frecuencias y Descriptivos. Mexico: Editorial CIDE. Forthcoming in 2013. Scientific Inference and Data Analysis (In Spanish: Inferencia Cientifica y Analisis de Datos). Mexico: Editorial CIDE. Vilalta, C. (2008). Empirical Modeling in Urban Studies: A Spatial Statistics Application. VDM Verlag. Germany: Saarbrücken. ISBN 978-3639102017 PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES In English: Vilalta, C. (2013) How did things get so bad so quickly? An assessment of the initial conditions of the war against organized crime in Mexico. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Forthcoming. Vilalta, C. (2013). How exactly does place matter in crime analysis? Place, space and spatial heterogeneity. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. doi: 10.1080/10511253.2012.715659 Vilalta, C. (2013). Towards an understanding of community organization against crime: The case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Stability: International Journal of Security & Development. Forthcoming. Vilalta, C. (2012). The spatiality of judicial data. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 5(4), 273-289. Vilalta, C. and J. M. Martínez. (2012). The making of Narco bosses: Hard drug dealing crimes among Mexican students. Trends in Organized Crime, 15(1), 47-63. Vilalta, C. (2012). Fear of crime and home security systems. Police Practice and Research, 13(1), 4-14. Vilalta, C. (2011). Fear of crime in public transport: Research in Mexico City. Crime Prevention & Community Safety, 13(3), 171-186. 2
Vilalta, C. (2011). Fear of crime in gated communities and apartment buildings: A comparison of housing types and a test of theories. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 26(2), 107-121. Vilalta, C. (2010). Vote-buying crime reports in Mexico: Magnitude and correlates. Crime, Law and Social Change, 54(5), 325-337. Vilalta, C. (2010). Correlates of distance to crime in Mexico City. Global Crime, 11(3), 299-314. Vilalta, C. (2010). The spatial dynamics and socio-economic correlates of drug arrests in Mexico City. Applied Geography, 30(2), 263-270. Vilalta, C. (2004). The local context and the spatial diffusion of multiparty competition in urban Mexico. Political Geography, 23(4), 403-423. In Spanish: Vilalta, C. (2013) Anomia institucional, espacialidad y temporalidad en las muertes asociadas a la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada en México. Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos. Forthcoming. Vilalta, C. (2013). Fear of crime and gated communities in Mexico City (Miedo al crimen y comunidades cerradas en la ciudad de México). Gestion y Politica Publica. Forthcoming. Vilalta, C. (2011). Car theft in Mexico City: Spatial patterns and time series (El robo de vehículos en la ciudad de México: patrones espaciales y series de tiempo). Gestión y Política Pública, 20(1), 97-139. Vilalta, C. (2010). An examination of the relationship between drugs and crime (Un examen de la relación entre el consumo de sustancias y la comisión de delitos). Estudios Sociológicos, 28(1), 113-134. Vilalta, C. (2010). Fear of crime in Mexico: Logical structure, empirical bases, and policy recommendations (El miedo al crimen en México: Estructura lógica, bases empíricas y recomendaciones iniciales de política pública). Gestión y Política Pública, 19(1), 3-36. Vilalta, C. (2009). The use of violence among returned migrants (El uso de la violencia entre los emigrantes retornados). Migraciones Internacionales, 5(2), 75-96. Vilalta, C. (2009). A descriptive model of the geography of thievery in the Mexico City metropolitan area. (Un modelo descriptivo de la geografía del robo en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México). Journal of Latin American Geography, 8(1), 55-80. 3
Vilalta, C. (2009). The local geography of drug dealing: Patterns, processes and urban policy recommendations. (La geografía local del narcomenudeo: Patrones, procesos y recomendaciones de política urbana). Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 24(1), 49-77. Vilalta, C. (2009). The determinants of violence in crime: Guns, time, and criminal experience (Los factores de la violencia durante el delito Armas de fuego, momento del día y experiencia criminal). Estudios Sociológicos, 28(1), 211-235. Vilalta, C. (2008). Can election results be geographically predicted? A spatial cluster and outlier application ( Se pueden predecir geográficamente los resultados electorales?: Una aplicación del análisis de clusters y outliers espaciales). Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 23(3), 571-613. Vilalta, C. (2008). Comments and measures of spatial segregation in Mexico City (Comentarios y mediciones sobre la segregación espacial en la ciudad de México). Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 23(2), 375-413. Vilalta, C. and H. Banda (2008). Two tests of hypotheses on the geography of patents in Mexico (Dos pruebas de hipótesis sobre la geografía de las patentes en México). Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 8(28), 1007-1032. Vilalta, C. (2008). Indirect relations and correlates of criminal sentences and appeals: Evidence and comments (Relaciones indirectas y variables asociadas a la duración de las penas y las apelaciones: evidencias y comentarios). Estudios Sociológicos, 26(2), 73-112. Vilalta, C. (2007). The vote of opposition to the Periferico s second floor: An empirical contribution to its geography and causal mechanisms (Una contribución empírica sobre su geografía y posibles mecanismos causales). Gestión y Política Pública 26(2), 381-420. Vilalta, C. and L. Cervantes (2007). A geographical evaluation of the public high school education policy in Mexico City (Una evaluación geográfica de la política de educación media superior de la ciudad de México). Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 23(8), 807-832. With Laura Cervantes. Vilalta, C. (2006). On the spatiality of urban elections and a comparison between OLS and SAM regression techniques (Sobre la espacialidad de los procesos electorales urbanos y una comparación entre las técnicas de regresión OLS y SAM). Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 21(1), 83-122. Pacheco, E., C. Vilalta, and M. Schettino (2006). A formal method to estimate voter s ideological choices (Una metodología formal para calcular el peso que los electores le dan a los elementos de evaluación ideológica). Política y Gobierno, 13(1), 99-147. With Ernesto Pacheco and Macario Schettino. 4
Vilalta, C. (2005). On how to teach spatial autocorrelation (Cómo enseñar autocorrelación espacial). Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 5(18) 323-333. Vilalta, C. (2003). Geographical perspectives in urban sociology: The spatial diffusion of electoral preferences and the importance of the local context (Perspectivas geográficas en la sociología urbana: la difusión espacial de las preferencias electorales y la importancia del contexto local). Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 18(3), 147-177. Vilalta, C. (2003). A spatial analysis of per capita income regional inequalities in Mexico (Una aplicación del análisis espacial al estudio de las diferencias regionales del ingreso en México) Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 4(14), 317-340. Vilalta, C. (2002). Electoral redistricting and an application of the community of interest principle (Los procesos de distritación electoral y el uso del criterio de comunidad de interés). Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 17(1), 151-173. BOOK CHAPTERS In English: Vilalta, C. (2011) The Normal distribution. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society, by S. J. Greenwald y J. E. Thomley (Eds.). Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. ISBN: 978-1-58765-844-0. Cortright, J., Seltzer, E. and Carlos Vilalta. (2001). Metropedia: A Walk Through the Trends. Metropolitan Briefing Book, Craig Wollner ( ), 19-27. Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies. Portland State University. Edmonston, B. and Carlos Vilalta. (2001). Portland-Vancouver Demographics. Metropolitan Briefing Book, Craig Wollner ( ), 28-42. Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies. Portland State University.. Edmonston, B. and Carlos Vilalta. (1999). Demographic Challenges Ahead: Portland- Vancouver Metropolitan Area. Metropolitan Briefing Book, Craig Wollner ( ), 13-27. Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies. Portland State University. In Spanish: Vilalta, C. (2012) Los delitos contra la salud en México, 1997-2010. Capítulo 1 en Las bases sociales del crimen organizado, coordinado por José Antonio Aguilar. Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SSP) y Centro de Investigación en Estudios en Seguridad (CIES). ISBN: 978-067-95867-8-2. 5
Vilalta, C. (2012) Inteligencia Geográfica: el análisis espacial de la actividad delictiva. Capítulo 9 en Plataforma México: La expresión tecnológica del nuevo modelo policial, coordinado por Luis Alfonso Villa. Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SSP) y Centro de Investigación en Estudios en Seguridad (CIES). ISBN: 978-607-95867-4-4. Vilalta, C. (2012) Indicadores y sistemas de indicadores en seguridad pública: una revisión y evaluación sintéticas de la información oficial existente. Capítulo 1 en Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SSP) y Centro de Investigación en Estudios en Seguridad (CIES). ISBN: 978-607-95867-1-3. Ortega, A. y C. Vilalta (2012) El reto de la pobreza y la desigualdad social. Capítulo en Construyendo el Futuro de México: Propuestas de Políticas Públicas, por Teresa Almaguer, Hector Moreira y Carlos Urzúa (Eds.), pp. 263-292. Tecnológico de Monterrey. ISBN 978-607-501-074-8. Vilalta, C. (2011) Crimen y violencia en las ciudades mexicanas. Capítulo en Ciudades mexicanas. Desafíos en concierto. Enrique Cabrero (Coord.). Conaculta y FCE. ISB 978-607- 16-0817-8. Vilalta, C. (2010) Evolución de las desigualdades regionales, 1960-2020. Los Grandes Problemas de México. Volumen II: Desarrollo Urbano y Regional. Gustavo Garza y Martha Schteingart (Coords.). El Colegio de México. ISBN 978-607-462-289-8. BOOK REVIEWS 2012. Illegal leisure revisited. Changing patterns of alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults. Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham and Lisa Williams. First published 2011. Routledge: East Sussex, England. International Criminal Justice Review. In process. 2004. The spaces of postmodernity: Readings in human geography. Michael J. Dear and Steven Flusty. Blackwell Publishers. 2002. Political Geography, 23(1), pp. 104-105. 2001. Cousins and strangers: Spanish immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850-1930. Jose C. Moya. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1998. Urban Geography, 22(7), pp. 696-697. ARTICLES UNDER PEER REVIEW In English: The impact of fear of crime on our daily routines Awating reviewer scores 6
The absence of evidence of a selective bias in the abuse of force among Mexico City police officers Awating reviewer scores Institutional Anomie and organized crime deaths in Mexico Awating reviewer scores The spatial elements of violent crime in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Awating reviewer scores Marijuana use and the proclivity towards property crime among the Mexican youth Awating reviewer scores Vandal behavior in Mexico Awating reviewer scores In Spanish: El perfil de los sentenciados por homicidio doloso en el fuero federal Awating reviewer scores WORKING PAPERS Vilalta, C. (2013) Los determinantes de la percepción de inseguridad frente al delito en México. No 78738, IDB Publications from Inter-American Development Bank Durand, J., Jorge Schiavon, Carlos Vilalta y Guadalupe González (2013) El voto de los mexicanos en el exterior: Encuesta a ciudadanos mexicanos en el extranjero (2010). Documento de Trabajo CIDE: DTEI 238. Vilalta, C. and R. Muggah (2012) Violent Disorder in Ciudad Juarez: A Spatial Analysis of Homicide. Humanitarian Action in Situations other than War (HASOW) Discussion Paper 1 Vilalta, C. (2007) The regional determinants of vote buying and coercion in Mexico (Determinantes regionales de la compra y coaccion del voto en Mexico). United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Working paper no. 4 NON-REFEREED Vilalta, C. (2000). Critical thinking in quantitative research (El pensamiento crítico como paso en los métodos cuantitativos). Latindustria, 1(1), pp. 35-40. Instituto Tecnólogico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México. 7
TEACHING EXPERIENCE @Centre for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) Undergraduate: Doctoral: Basic quantitative research methods Formal quantitative methods Legal research methods Quantitative research methods for lawyers Quantitative research designs and techniques Introduction to Intelligence Analysis for public security @Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Undergraduate: Masters: Doctoral: Quantitative research methods Content analysis Regional development Quantitative research methods Spatial analysis and statistics Research methods, data analysis, and scientific writing Quantitative research methods Social research and non-parametric statistics Advanced quantitative methods @El Colegio de Mexico Doctoral: Research methods THESES AND DISSERTATIONS I am currently directing one doctoral dissertation and one undergraduate thesis. At CIDE I have directed one master thesis and several undergraduate theses. I have directed one PhD dissertation and two masters theses outside CIDE. I have served as reader for a large number of doctoral dissertations, master and undergraduate theses. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS I have served in more than a dozen doctoral comprehensive examination committees. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 8
2007. Director. Undergraduate studies. Center for Economic Research and Education (CIDE) 2005 to 2007. Dean. School of Business and Social Sciences. Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM). 2003 to 2005. Chair of department. Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM). 2003. Director. Masters program in Political Analysis. Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM). 1997 to 1998. Research Coordinator. Center for Strategic Studies. Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM). SCIENTIFIC EDITORIAL WORK As reviewer in English language scientific journals: Applied Geography Crime, Law and Social Change Crime Prevention and Community Safety Criminology International Criminal Justice Review International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Housing Studies Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Political Geography As reviewer in Spanish language scientific journals and editorials: Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado Economía, Sociedad y Territorio Editorial Académica de la DHCS. UAM-Azcapotzalco Estudios Legislativos Estudios Sociológicos Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) Frontera Norte Gestión y Política Pública Política y Gobierno Problemas del Desarrollo Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales Trimestre Económico 9
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 2013. Visiting Scholar. Invited for the next month of June to the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the University of Missouri in Saint Louis (UMSL) 2013. Promoted to National Researcher Level 2. Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI-Conacyt) 2013. Advisor for Crime Indicators. National newspaper El Universal 2012. Visiting Scholar. McGill University 2012. Moderator. International Conference on Criminal Statistics. Aguascalientes, Mexico. Since 2011. Member in the Advisory Committee. Centre for Excellence in Criminal Statistics for Latin American and the Caribbean. UNODC and INEGI 2011. Editorial Committee - Sección Justicia. Reforma Newspaper 2010. Editorial Committee. The International Center for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) 2010. Visiting Scholar. Center for Applied Statistics. Washington University in St. Louis. USA. 2009. Visiting Scholar. Department of Geography. University of Cambridge. UK. 2008. Visiting Scholar. School of Urban Studies and Planning. McGill University. Canada. Since 2008. Project Evaluator. Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt). 2007. Visiting Scholar. School of Law. University of Houston. USA. Since 2007. Promoted to National Researcher Level 1. Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI-Conacyt). Since 2006. Referee. Political Geography. 2005 and 2006. Distinguished Visiting Scholar. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2004 to 2006. Candidate for National Researcher. Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI-Conacyt). 10
2004. Best Professor. Graduate School of Public Administration and Public Policy. Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM). 2004. Referee. Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE). Mexico. 2003. Funding for travel expenses. International Research Workshop, Center for New Institutional Social Science, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 2000 to 2002. Graduate assistantship. The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (IPMS) and the Portland Development Commission (PDC). 1999 to 2002. Ph.D. Student Representative in the Faculty Evaluation and the Faculty Search committees. School of Urban Studies. Portland State University. 1998 to 2002. Graduate assistantship. Population Research Center (PRC) and The Oregon State Data Center (OSDC). 1998 to 2002. Ph.D. Scholarship. Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). 1991 and 1992. Funding for college. Spanish Consulate in Mexico. RECENT ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS April 2013. Presentation: The spatial variation in the initial conditions of Crime Prevention programs. US-Mexico Center. University of California in San Diego (UCSD). San Diego, CA. March 2013. Presentation: The urban geography of crime victims in Mexico. Is Ciudad Juarez really different? Conference: The Politics of Protection and Future Humanitarian Practices. Organized by the Humanitarian Action in Situations other than War (HASOW), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, and The International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. February 2013. Discussant: How to measure Organized Crime in Mexico. United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime. UNODC. Vienna, Austria. January 2013. Presentation: Factors of the perception of insecurity in Mexico. Roundtable: Crime and Fear of Crime. Inter-American Development Bank. Washington D.C. December 2012. Presentation: Retos en la construcción de indicadores de seguridad: el caso mexicano (PDF). Workshop: Indicadores de seguridad ciudadana y políticas públicas. FLACSO Sede Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (IDRC- 11
CRDI) and Red Iberoamericana de Análisis de Datos de la Delincuencia (RIADD). Quito, Ecuador. November 2012. Ponencia: Measuring the territorial distribution of crime (PDF). En el Workshop: Strengthening Evidence-based Policy Making on Security and Justice in Mexico. Organizado por la OECD, la Secretaría de Economía y la Secretaría de Gobernación. Ciudad de México. With Monica Brezzi (OECD) November 2012. Presentation: De qué depende el miedo al crimen en México? (PDF). Presentación en el 2º Congreso Internacional de Victimología y 8º Congreso Internacional de Criminología. Universidad de Ixtlahuaca (CUI). Ixtlahuaca, Estado de México, México September 2012. Presentation: Towards an understanding of community organization against crime: The case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (PDF). Workshop: Surviving Violence, Comparative Perspectives. Organized by The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies (CFPS) Dalhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. September 2012. Presentation: The impact of fear of crime on routines (PDF). Organized by the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Strategic Projects Consulting (PEC). Cocoyoc, Mexico. August 2012. Presentation: Survey on the social, economic and cultural life of local crime and violence. Main results on social capital and cohesion (PDF). Organized by the National Federation of Municipalities (FENAMM). Mexico City. April 2012. Drug crimes in Mexico, 1997-2011 (Los delitos contra la salud en Mexico, 1997-2011). Universidad Pontificia Javeriana. Bogota,Colombia. December 2011. Tipping points in the war on organized crime: The case of Cd. Juárez (PDF) Workshop on Urban Violence: Patterns and Trends. Organized by the Humanitarian Action in Situations other than War (HASOW), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and The International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. October 2011. Seguridad Pública y Criminalidad: determinantes socio-espaciales y estructurales (video). Organized by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Tijuana, Mexico. April 2011. Patrones y tendencias de las muertes relacionadas con el crimen organizado (pdf). Organized by Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Toluca, Mexico. March 2011. Espacios urbanos y miedo al crimen (pdf). Foro Internacional: Los Derechos Humanos en la Formación Ciudadana Desafíos Emergentes para la Paz y la Seguridad. Organizado por el Tecnológico de Monterrey. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 12
April 2010. Conference: La dependencia espacial de la actividad judicial. Día Mundial de las Estadísticas Oficiales. Organized by PNUD and CIDE. Distrito Federal, Mexico. March 2010. Conference: El uso de la violencia durante el delito en México. Foro de discusión de la Ley para la Protección de las Víctimas. Organized by Camara de Diputados, Congreso de la Union. Distrito Federal, Mexico. March 2010. Conference: El perfil del secuestrador. Foro Alto al Secuestro. Organized by Senado de la Republica, Congreso de la Union. Distrito Federal, Mexico. RECENT MEDIA PRESENTATIONS I have been interviewed by and written for in numerous occasions for the following media networks: Television: TV Azteca and Canal Once Radio: Radio Imagen (In English) and Radio Educación Newspapers and Magazines: Reforma, El Norte, Agora, Residente DF, and Dallas Morning News I have also served as debate moderator, book commentator since 1998. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 2001 to 2002. Library Assistant. School of Urban and Public Affairs Library. Portland State University 2000 to 2002. Graduate Research Assistant. Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies. Portland State University 1998 to 2001. Graduate Research Assistant. Population Research Center, Portland State University 1994. Internship. McMahon & Associates. Washington, D.C. 1992 to 1993. Social Service. Office of the Presidency of the Republic. Mexico 13
SOFTWARE Statistics and Databases: SPSS, Splus, and Eviews GIS and spatial statistics: ArcMap, MapInfo, and CrimeStats Web Design: SharePoint Designer and Netscape Composer LANGUAGES Spanish and English (TOEFL: 647). I have a good command of Catalan. SPORTS AND HOBBIES My sport is Fencing (Epee/right-handed). Hobby: Collecting old maps. 14