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2003

January 24, 2003. Working group meeting on crime indicators and criminology at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico City organized by Marcelo Bergman. Special invited guest Alan Bergman from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

February 19, 2003. Seminar on "Policy Reform and Best Practices for the Administration of Justice in Mexico and the Borderlands" at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies.

February 21, 2003. Working group meeting on police and law enforcement at El Colegio de México organized by El Colegio de México researcher Dr. Arturo Alvarado. This working group studies the reform of police organizations and methods in Mexico.

April 28, 2003. Working group meeting on judicial reform at the IIJ-UNAM organized by Dr. Hugo Concha. This working groups studies the challenges facing Mexican lawyers and legal experts in Mexico, including professional development and curricular reform.

April 25, 2003. Working group on public policy and best practices at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas organized by Allison Rowland and David Shirk. This meeting will focus on specific case studies and pilot projects for justice sector reform in Mexico.

May 16-17, 2003. Conference "Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico." This conference will present original research and draw on the findings of working group activities over the preceding six months to address issues of crime, law enforcement, judicial reform, civic participation and oversight, and justice sector practices and reforms in Mexico and the borderlands.

July 31, 2003. Publication of Online Working Paper on reforming the administration of justice in Mexico.

2002

April 12, 2002. Planning Meeting at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies in La Jolla to finalize the lines of inquiry for the "Project on Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico", involving research participants from Mexico and the United States.

June 19, 2002. Planning meeting at the El Colegio de México in Mexico City to finalize the specific contributions and forms of institutional collaboration between academics, government sources, and non-governmental organizations.

October 23, 2002. Working group meeting on cross-border collaboration in law enforcement and security at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies organized by Dr. David A. Shirk. This working group focuses on bi-national collaboration between Mexico and the United States and along the U.S.-Mexican border.




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