Diego Torrente is currently Professor of Sociology (with tenure) at the University of Barcelona (UB). MSc of Criminology and Criminal Policy by the London School of Economics and Political Science ...
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Diego Torrente is currently Professor of Sociology (with tenure) at the University of Barcelona (UB). MSc of Criminology and Criminal Policy by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and PhD in Sociology at the University of Barcelona. His main fields of interest are criminology, social control and deviation, sociology of risk and uncertainty, and sociology of organizations. He is the main researcher of the Research Group on Applied Sociology (GRISA). He has carried out research for different institutions and participated in several project of knowledge transfer. He has held several academic positions at the University of Barcelona (UB) like Director of the Master Program in Sociology, and Deputy Director of the Undergraduate Program in Criminology. He has published five books as main author or co-author, and a dozen as contributor. He also has published about 20 articles in sociological and criminological journals, in addition to other 20 book chapters. He has presented about 40 papers in different national and international congress and seminars- info
IP Grup d'Investigació Social Aplicada: Qualitat de vida, seguretat i ciutadania (GRISA)
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
Avda. Diagonal 696. Despacho 466 934029056 diego.torrente(a)ub.edu
More Information:CV complert (http://ub.academia.edu/DiegoTorrente)
Academic training
Licenciado
. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
. 1987
. (Diploma / Degree / Activities)Doctor
. Universitat de Barcelona
. 1994
. (Ph.D.)MSc
. London School of Economics
. 1996
. (Official Master)
Teaching imparted (last 5 years)
Polítiques de Seguretat i Prevenció (Bachelor's degree) -
Criminología -
Universidad de Barcelona.
Desviació, Control i Canvi Social (University Master's Degree) -
Criminology, Criminal Policy and Sociology of Criminal Law -
Universidad de Barcelona.
Seguretat, Tecnologies i Exclusió Social (University Master's Degree) -
Sociologia: Transformacions Socials i Innovació -
Universidad de Barcelona.
Research interests
Social control and deviationPolice StudiesPublic security
Participation in Projects (last 6 years)
Grup d'Investigació Social Aplicada: Qualitat de vida, seguretat i ciutadania (GRISA)
.
2017 - 2021
. Ref.2017SGR1649
. Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
. PI: Diego Torrente Robles
Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications - last 6 years)
Jaime, O.; Torrente, D.(2017).
Los desafíos de la Policía como actor político en España.Revista Española de Ciencia Politica, 45(Noviembre), pp. 147 - 172
. Institutional Repository. ISSN: 1575-6548Torrente, D; Gallo, P; Oltra, C.(2017).
Comparing crime reporting factors in EU countries.European Journal On Criminal Policy And Research, 23(2), pp. 153 - 174
. Institutional Repository. ISSN: 0928-1371
Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports (last 6 years)
Nicolás Zevallos
. (2018)
. El mercado de la cocaína: configuraciones de valor y políticas de control del suministro ilegal de cocaína en el Perú (Master's Thesis)
. Universitat de Barcelona. Alejandro Molina López
. (2018)
. Evaluación de la gestión de comunicación de crisis: El caso de los atentados de Barcelona y Cambrils (Master's Thesis)
. Barcelona.