Introduction to Convict Criminology

Jeffrey Ian Ross is Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Research Fellow with the Center for International and Comparative Law and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. In 2018, Ross was given the Hans W. Mattick Award, “for an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of Criminology & Criminal Justice practice,” from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2020, he received the John Howard Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ Division of Corrections. The award is the ACJS Corrections Section’s most prestigious award, and was given because of his “outstanding research and service to the field of corrections.” In 2020, he was honored with the John Keith Irwin Distinguished Professor Award from the ASC Division of Convict Criminology. During the early 1980s, Jeff worked for almost four years in a correctional institution.

Foreword - Francesca Vianello


Introduction


Part 1: Introduction and Scholarship


1. Getting Up to Speed with Convict Criminology


2. What Is the History of Convict Criminology?


3. What Kinds of Scholarship Have Been Conducted on Convict Criminology and by Convict Criminologists?


Part 2: Teaching and Mentoring


4. Teaching Convicts and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: The State of Post-Secondary Undergraduate Education in Correctional Facilities


5. Mentoring Convicts and Formerly Incarcerated Students


6. How Has Convict Criminology Engaged in Mentoring? Collaboration with Convicts and Formerly Incarcerated People on Scholarly Research


Part 3: Activism and Public Policy Work


7. What Is Prison Activism?


8. How Has Convict Criminology Engaged in Activism?


9. What Does the Future of Convict Criminology Look Like?