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Criminologist, Scholar, & Consultant
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., is a criminologist at the University of Baltimore and co-founder of Convict Criminology. His approach is shaped by nearly a decade of work before entering academia, as a courier, cab driver, corrections worker, and union shop steward. It is further grounded in three decades of visiting correctional facilities across North America, Europe, and South America, researching the conditions inside them, and having conversations with convicts and correctional officers and administrators. It also draws on interviews with formerly incarcerated people outside those facilities, and on ethnographic fieldwork on street culture and on graffiti and street art internationally. Ross has published more than thirty books and shares his expertise on corrections, policing, political crime, street culture, and graffiti and street art through scholarship, public writing, speaking, media commentary, and consulting.
Should Criminologists partner with local Criminal Justice Agencies to conduct research?
/by Jeffrey Ian RossOne of the many questions Criminologists have, especially those aspiring to become university professors, is should they conduct research in collaboration with local criminal justice organizations? Satisfactorily answering this question is difficult and there is neither a single, nor a simple answer. Why? There are lots of conflicting messages that Criminologists are given and trying […]
Why, how, and what I learned by earning my Bronze Certification in Japanese Cooking
/by Jeffrey Ian RossIf you don’t live in Japan, have knowledgeable, skilled, and willing Japanese relatives and/or friends, or want to work in the kitchen of a decent Japanese restaurant for an extended period, it’s challenging learning how to cook traditional or home style Japanese food (also known as Washoku). Sure you can make your way through a […]
Oh Brother, Where Art the Air Conditioners?
/by Jeffrey Ian RossSummer has ended, and the exceedingly hot and inhospitable temperatures that accompanied it this year in many places in the United States and elsewhere are slowly dissipating. While climate scientists and activists debate skeptics about the reality of climate change, one undeniable fact remains: the relentless heat has taken a toll on our environment and […]