MARIA VICENTA CERVELLO DONDERIS

MARIA VICENTA CERVELLO DONDERIS is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, Universitat de València, with research conducted at the

• Institute of Criminology and Criminal Science (ICCP)
• DERPEligro Research group on Dangerousness

She holds a doctorate from Universitat de València with a thesis on La reeducación y reinserción social a través de la pena privativa de libertad en el ordenamiento jurídico español (1990).

Research Interests: Specializing in Criminal Law and Penitentiary Law, her work focuses on

• Criminal dangerousness and behavioral prognosis
• Gender violence legal frameworks
• Penal mediation systems
• Animal protection legislation
• Prison reform and human rights

She has developed www.uv.es/legalskills for autonomous legal education through simulation tools and video resources.

Academic Contributions: Key publications analyze

• 2015 Spanish Penal Code reforms
• Women's prison systems
• Passive resistance and police violence
• Penal treatment programs
• Juvenile justice principles

Her 2020 work La tutela penal de los animales examines evolving animal cruelty legislation.