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/ |
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]
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 JoséMaría Valverde.[ citation needed ]