Alejandra Gómez Céspedes is a criminologist. She has worked at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the Andalusian Interuniversity Institute of Criminology; and the Center of Excellence for Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice. She is based in Málaga, Spain, where she works as an international consultant and serves as a member of the Scientific Committee of CIFAL-MALAGA, part of the UN Institute for Training and Research