Consulting
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., assists organizations and attorneys in analyzing complex questions about crime, criminal justice, and especially correctional systems. He helps clients understand what the research actually shows, where the evidence is strong and where it isn’t, and what it means for their specific situation: whether a legal proceeding, a policy decision, a funding application, or an organizational challenge.
Areas of Expertise:
Ross consults on a range of issues within his core areas of scholarship and practice.
Research Design and Management
- Developing and reviewing solicitations for research
- Managing the peer-review process
- Reviewing and selecting grant applications
- Managing funded research projects
Criminal Justice and Policy Analysis
- Policing and law enforcement
- Corrections and prison systems
- Political crime, state crime, and crimes of the powerful
- Crime and criminal justice in indigenous communities
- International crime, punishment, and political violence
Legal Support and Pretrial Research
- Extradition-related research for international cases
- Sentencing outcomes and mitigation
- Affidavits and expert reports for legal proceedings
Editorial Assessment
- Reviewing book proposals and manuscripts for publishers
- Evaluating papers for scholarly journals
- Assessing reports for government agencies
Strategic Planning
- Developing strategic plans for nonprofit organizations
- Facilitating stakeholder processes that integrate competing perspectives
- Identifying opportunities to better align resources with organizational goals.
Selected Clients:
Consulting Firms
- CSR
- Gerson Lehrman Group
- Westat
Government Agencies
- U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Defense, Strategic Command
- Maryland Department of Probation and Parole
Nonprofit Organizations
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- Intel Science
- Washington Latin Charter School
Publishers
- Cambridge University Press
- Prentice Hall
- Rutgers University Press
- Sage Publications
- State University of New York Press
- Temple University Press
- University of Alberta Press
- University of Minnesota Press
- Wadsworth Publishers
- And Others
