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Criminologist, Professor, Scholar, & Consultant
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow in the Center for International and Comparative Law, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, and University of Padua, Italy.
Gimme Shelter? Examining the temporary structures that restaurants have built for outdoor dining during COVID-19
/by Jeffrey Ian RossCOVID-19 has had numerous effects at home and abroad. Lives and institutions have been seriously disrupted. Many people have been infected, and over a half million people in the United States alone have died. Most public schools are closed, many businesses have shuttered, and lots of people and organizations have had to innovate. One of […]
Why writing well is important for Criminal Justice Practitioners
/by Jeffrey Ian RossThere are numerous ways that criminal justice practitioners can demonstrate to others that what they have to say is credible. I would argue that there are two principle mechanisms. One is mastery of content and the other is through effective communication. The first approach includes understanding the concepts in your domain or specialization, and refraining […]
Why developing a literacy of graffiti and street art is important
/by Jeffrey Ian RossIf you see or interpret graffiti and street art only through a legal, criminal justice, and property rights lens then it is unabashedly and unequivocally vandalism. But graffiti and street are more than this. In order to go beyond the tropes, misinformation, and common place explanations of this predominantly urban art form you need to […]