Prof. Dr. Douglas Durán Chavarría
Director of the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD), Professor Durán obtained his Law degree at the Universidad de Costa Rica and graduated with honors from his Master’s in Criminology from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).
He has been a Researcher at the Legal Research Institute of the Universidad de Costa Rica, and at the Department of Criminology of the Max-Planck-Institut, Germany.
Mr. Durán is a member of the International Society for Criminology’s Scientific Commission and has lectured in universities in the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Author of several publications about criminology, penitentiary system, criminal policy, juvenile justice, restorative justice, and prevention.
