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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.
Reconsidering Hirschman’s EXIT, VOICE, AND LOYALTY in the context of the great resignation
/by Jeffrey Ian RossThe 1960s were a tumultuous time in American political history. One of the legacies of this period was the publication of Albert O Hirschman’s classic and influential book, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Declines in Firms, Organizations, and States. (1970). Although Hirschman’s book is instructive, it was primarily aimed at American political institutions that […]
Painting without permission: Graffiti & Street Art as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
/by Jeffrey Ian RossIn the weeks leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and ever since tanks rolled over the border, an increase in anti-war, more specifically anti-Russian, and anti-Putin graffiti and street art has been produced. This type of urban public art, collectively referred to as “Conflict Graffiti” was in many respects predictable, however the unique […]
Just because you have access to a megaphone, doesn’t mean you need to use it
/by Jeffrey Ian RossRussia’s invasion of the Ukraine is one of the most dominant international events of the past two weeks. In addition to the death, destruction, and havoc that it’s causing, the conflict is predictably generating significant news and social media interest. The news media has interviewed current and former politicians, retired four star generals, academics who […]