Incarcerated Interactions

Erik D. Fritsvold (Ph.D., University of California at Irvine) is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology: Law, Crime and Justice at the University of San Diego. He also serves as the Academic Coordinator for MS Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership Program. He has been recognized as one of America’s “Best 300 Professors” by the Princeton Review. Fritsvold’s research interests focus on crime and deviance perpetrated by affluent and non-traditional groups including affluent drug dealers in Dorm Room Dealers, radical environmental activists in Under the Law, and non-traditional street gangs. Jonathan M. Bowman (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of San Diego. He has been the recipient of the National Communication Association Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education, the discipline’s highest teaching honor. He also received the WSCA Distinguished Teaching Award, a Keck Faculty Fellowship for his focus on undergraduate research, and the Innovations in Experiential Education Award for his commitment to high-impact practices. Bowman’s research investigates interpersonal and small group communication processes, and he has two forthcoming books: InterConnections: Interpersonal Communication Foundations and Contexts and Masculinity and Student Success in Higher Education.

Erik D. Fritsvold/Jonathan M. Bowman: Incarcerated Interactions – Erik D. Fritsvold: Criminological Foundations – Jonathan M. Bowman: Social Science Theory & Research – Alli Chlapaty: The Mean World Syndrome & Newcomer Strategies – Taylor Glogiewicz: Pseudo-Families: Group Formation in Women’s Prisons – Courtney Cronin: Prison Wives: The Social Order of Transgendered Inmates – Monica Ramakrishnan: The Power of Secrecy: Cryptography in Prison Gangs – Ronnie Pratte: Social Identity & Structuration: A Case Study of the Aryan Brotherhood – James Bennett: Us Versus Them: The Battle of Corrections – Melissa Andruzzi: The Instrument of Ink: Tattoos, Power, & Identity Displays – Eylee Garcia: Prison Gang Proliferation: Types of Power in Group Formation – Katie Olsen: Politeness, Power, & Prison Gangs – Morgan Re: Sika Deer: Overcrowding, Violent Responses, & Proxemics – Andrew Mize: Culture & Connection: A Case Study of Prison Gangs & Mexican Drug Cartels – Danielle McCourt: In a Man’s World: Female Correctional Officers & Expectancy Violations – Kelly Stone: A Cry for Help: The Plight of the Mentally Ill in Prison – Kelly Stone: Sexual Assault & Territoriality: The Prison Rape Elimination Act – Kelly Yu: America’s Identity Crisis: Transgendered Inmates – Taylor Kress: Force Feeding Inmates: A Case Study of Hunger Strikes – Kevin Brady: An Appetite for Punitiveness: Politics & Media in California’s Three-Strikes Law – Sara Ha: Pseudo-Families: The Impact of Gender Identification on Recidivism – Katherine Pfost: Injustice for Inmates: Face Negotiation & Mental Health Reform – Jensen Bryant: Solitary: Rethinking Secure Housing Units – Ryan Sueme: Cross-cultural Recidivism: A Case Study of Norwegian & Californian Prisons – Jonathan M. Bowman/Erik D. Fritsvold: Afterword: The Case for Interdisciplinarity.