MARIA CASTRO CORREDOIRA

Maria Castro Corredoira is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, affiliated with the Department of Special Public and Company Law. Her academic work focuses on Criminal Law, particularly gender violence and victim protection measures within the Spanish penal system.

Her research interests include:

• Criminal Law and Penal Legislation
• Gender-Based Violence and Legal Protections
• Victim Rights and Restraining Orders
• Criminology and Social Justice
• Public and Company Law Interface

She is an active member of the IUSCRIM Research Group in Criminal Law and Criminology and was previously associated with the Law and Citizenship (DERCIU) research group. Her doctoral research analyzed the prohibition of approaching victims as defined in Article 57.2 of the Penal Code, especially in cases of gender violence.

Dr. Castro Corredoira earned her doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2018, supervised by Dr. Gumersindo Guinarte Cabada and Dr. Fernando Vázquez-Portomeñe Seijas.

She has not listed any scientific awards or publications in the provided text, but her institutional affiliations and research group memberships indicate active scholarly engagement. She may supervise graduate students within her research domain, though no advisees are currently listed.

Her work contributes to legal scholarship on criminal justice responses to domestic and gender-based violence, with potential implications for policy and judicial practice.