
Carlos Vilalta
Researcher, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial

- Profile
Profile
Residency: October 2014 – June 2015
Research Project: The better angels of our nature? Crime and fear of crime in contemporary Latin America
Research Interests: crime prevention, crime statistics and surveys, prison populations in Latin America, spatial and temporal elements of crime and fear of crime
Public Talk: “The better angels of our nature? Crime and fear of crime in contemporary Latin America” on May 20, 2015
Biography
Carlos Vilalta is a researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial (CentroGeo) and a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers at the highest rank (SNI-3). In his research, he examines the causes and effects of crime and fear of crime with the use of geospatial predictive modelling techniques. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed and chapters, produced a number of books, and won awards and grants for his teaching and research. He continuously provides scientific and policy recommendations for rethinking and reducing these social problems to international organizations, federal and local authorities, as well as NGOs.
Vilalta has held visiting positions at the University of Cambridge, McGill University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Houston and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D. in urban studies from Portland State University in 2002 and his master’s degree in urban studies from El Colegio de México in 1998.