Proyectos de Investigación
- Chief drafter of Senate Bill no. 2302, to establish the Puerto Rico Penal Code enacted as Law No. 149, June 18, 2004. Legislative history of the Bill is accessible at www.tribunalespr.org.
- Estudios Comparados de Código Penales, [Comparative Analises of Penal Codes] Senate, (December 2002.) as Director of the Puerto Rico Penal Code Reform, 3 vols. Published on DVD format, and accessible at www.tribunalespr.org.
- Informe de Reglas de Procedimiento Criminal, [Report of Rules of Criminal Procedure] as President of the Committee that drafted the rules, submitted to the 19th Plenary Session of the Judicial Conference, February 1996.
- Revision of the Puerto Rico Penal Code; Chief Reporter, with the collaboration of M. Valencia & M. Wolfgang, Senate 1985 - 1993. Includes the drafting of Senate Bills #1229 to amend the Penal Code, and its complementary Senate Bills #1230 - #1241, 11th Legislative Assembly, 7th Ordinary Session, also Senate Bills #5-17, 12th Legislative Assembly, 1st Ordinary Session. These bills were not enacted.
- Follow-up to the 1970 Birth Cohort, exploratory study, sponsored by the Senate, 1991-1992.
- Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study on Juvenile Delinquency in Puerto Rico, sponsored by the Senate Special Crime Commission, 1986-1988, with Marvin Wolfgang.
- Survey on the Perception of Crime Severity in Puerto Rico, Senate, 1987 - 1988, with Miguel Valencia.
- Research Study on Weighted Sentences, Senate, 1988, with Miguel Valencia.
- Research Study on Bail in Puerto Rico, Senate, 1987.