Mariana Valverde FRSC is a Canadian criminologist and sociologist. She is currently a professor in the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research mainly focuses on the sociology of law.[1] She is also an occasional contributor to Spacing magazine.[2]
Mariana Valverde | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Brock University (BA) York University (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | French Romantic socialism and the critique of political economy |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Criminologist, sociologist |
| Sub-discipline | Sociology of law |
| Institutions | Trent University York University University of Toronto |
| Website | http://www.individual.utoronto.ca/marianavalverde/ |
In 2000 Mariana Valverde won the Herbert Jacob book prize from the Law and Society Association for her book Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 1998).[3]
Mariana Valverde is the daughter of Spanish poet and philosopher José María Valverde.
Selected works edit
- Valverde, Mariana. (1991). The Age of Light, Soap, and Water: Moral Reform in English Canada 1880s-1920s. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Valverde, Mariana. (1998). Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Valverde, Mariana. (2003). Law’s Dream of a Common Knowledge. Princeton University Press.
- Valverde, Mariana. (2006). Law and Order: Signs, Meanings, Myths. Routledge.
- Valverde, Mariana. (2012). Everyday law on the Street: City Governance in an Age of Diversity. Chicago University Press.
References edit
- ^ Faculty list, Centre of Criminology. University of Toronto. Archived February 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mariana Valverde, Author at Spacing National".
- ^ Winners of the Herbert Jacob book prize. Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine The Law and Society Association. Accessed August 29, 2008.
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