Introduction to Convict Criminology

by Jeffrey Ian Ross

Overview

Convict criminology (CC) is based on the belief that the convict’s voice has been traditionally ignored or marginalized in scholarship and policy debates, and that its inclusion can positively impact the fields of corrections, criminology, criminal justice, and policy making.

Designed for students, scholars, and activists worldwide this is the first sole-authored book to comprehensively explain the CC approach to scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and prison and criminal justice activism. It reviews the history and scholarship on this engaging field and the challenges that the approach has encountered. It features:

• exhibit boxes

• keywords

• test questions - including multiple choice, short answer and essay format.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529221206
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	04/30/2024
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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?

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This sophisticated analysis of the core ideas of convict criminology from one of the founding scholars in that field represents a real coming of age for one of the most exciting movements within criminology.” Shadd Maruna, President of the American Society of Criminology

“As part of a robust criminological education as well as more applied political projects, this foundational text provides a vital and accessible perspective on how to critique and resist the carceral logics of domination.” Jessica Bird, University of Illinois at Chicago

Editorial Reviews

This sophisticated analysis of the core ideas of convict criminology from one of the founding scholars in that field represents a real coming of age for one of the most exciting movements within criminology.” Shadd Maruna, President of the American Society of Criminology

“As part of a robust criminological education as well as more applied political projects, this foundational text provides a vital and accessible perspective on how to critique and resist the carceral logics of domination.” Jessica Bird, University of Illinois at Chicago

From the Publisher