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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.
If our essential workers are so important, why aren’t we properly protecting them?
/by Jeffrey Ian RossNo one can forget that we’re in a middle of a global pandemic. Despite the lack of cohesive federal policy, and the fact that our leaders flip flop on whether businesses and schools should open or close, we should wear masks or not, most rational, sane, and financially solvent people stay home as much as […]
Time to remove offensive memorials, monuments, and statues
/by Jeffrey Ian RossFrom buildings, to parks, to museums, cities have erected monuments, statues, and memorials in public spaces. These structures vary in size; they can be as big as a building, or as small as a plaque. They force people to interchangeably honor, celebrate, commemorate, and/or remember incidents and people who were at one point in time […]
In the struggle to #defundthepolice, where does the money go?
/by Jeffrey Ian RossThere are lots of things to love about The Wizard of OZ. One of my favorite parts is when the munchkins sing and dance to the song, “Ding Dong the witch is dead.” Just listening, watching and remembering the performance fills me with hope. I got that same feeling when I hear activists, scholars, and […]