María José Garrido Antón
María José Garrido Antón is Comandante of the Spanish Guardia Civil and serves as Head of the Studies Area at the Secretariat of State for Security. She holds a PhD in Psychology Cum Laude (criminology and gender violence) from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and is author of the "Guide to Psychological First Aid in Gender Violence", a reference text for law enforcement response to gender-based violence in Spain
Biography — María José Garrido Antón
María José Garrido Antón is Comandante (Commander) of the Spanish Guardia Civil and serves as Head of the Studies Area at the Secretariat of State for Security (Spanish Ministry of the Interior). Within the Guardia Civil she belongs to the Sección de Análisis del Comportamiento Delictivo (SACD) of the Unidad Técnica de Policía Judicial (UTPJ), one of the two Spanish national specialist units for criminal behavior analysis.
She holds a PhD in Psychology Cum Laude from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, specializing in criminology and gender violence, and a Master of Science in Forensic Sciences from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is also expert in Criminology (UNED), Criminal Profiling, and VioGen (the Spanish official gender-violence risk assessment system). Her active research focuses on cybercrime and gender violence, and she is the author of the Guía de Primeros Auxilios Psicológicos en Violencia de Género — recognized by specialists as one of the leading guides on how law enforcement should respond to women victims of gender-based violence — as well as the book Sobre Personas y Monstruos. She has been a speaker at UN Women, INCIBE and at multiple Spanish and European universities.
She is also Professor at Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA) and tutors the Máster en Psicología Jurídica y Forense at Universidad de Granada. At Evidentia she contributes to the Master in Criminal Profiling and to the Master in Behavioral Cybersecurity & Cybercriminology, combining operational law-enforcement experience with academic research output.
Areas of expertise
María José Garrido Antón's work centers on criminal profiling, forensic psychology, gender violence, cybercrime.
Education and affiliations
María José Garrido Antón holds Bachelor's in Psychology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid; MSc in Forensic Sciences from Universidad Complutense de Madrid; PhD in Psychology — Cum Laude (specialization Criminology + Gender Violence) from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Expert in Criminology from UNED.
Selected external profiles
Master's programs at Evidentia University
María José Garrido Antón is a member of the faculty at Evidentia University of Behavioral and Forensic Sciences. Explore the Master of Science programs at the heart of our academic community.