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Analyzing For-Profit Colleges And Universities That Offer Bachelors, Masters And Doctorates To Inmates Incarcerated In American Correctional Facilities, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard Tewksbury, Miguel Zaldivar Dec 2014

Analyzing For-Profit Colleges And Universities That Offer Bachelors, Masters And Doctorates To Inmates Incarcerated In American Correctional Facilities, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard Tewksbury, Miguel Zaldivar

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Varieties Of Prison Voyeurism, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2014

Varieties Of Prison Voyeurism, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, Nick J. Sciullo Dec 2011

Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, Nick J. Sciullo

Nick J. Sciullo

Many in the legal academy have heard of Michelle Alexander’s new book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness. It has been making waves. One need only attend any number of legal conferences in the past year or so, or read through the footnotes in recent law review articles. Furthermore, this book has been reviewed in journals from a number of academic fields, suggesting Alexander has provided a text with profound insights across the university and public spheres. While I will briefly talk about the book as a book, I will spend the majority of this …


Why A Jail Or Prison Sentence Is Increasingly Like A Death Sentence, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2011

Why A Jail Or Prison Sentence Is Increasingly Like A Death Sentence, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Utopian Prison: Contradiction In Terms?, Jocelyn M. Pollock, Nancy Hogan, Eric Lambert, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Jody Sundt Dec 2011

Utopian Prison: Contradiction In Terms?, Jocelyn M. Pollock, Nancy Hogan, Eric Lambert, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Jody Sundt

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Knocking On The Ivory Tower's Door: The Experience Of Ex-Convicts Applying For Tenure-Track University Positions, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards, Greg Newbold, Mike Lenza, Daniel S. Murphy Dec 2010

Knocking On The Ivory Tower's Door: The Experience Of Ex-Convicts Applying For Tenure-Track University Positions, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards, Greg Newbold, Mike Lenza, Daniel S. Murphy

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Social Policy, Imperiled Communities, And Hiv/Aids Transmission In Prisons: A Call For Zero Tolerance, Louis F. Graham, Henrie Treadwell, Kisha Braithwaite Nov 2008

Social Policy, Imperiled Communities, And Hiv/Aids Transmission In Prisons: A Call For Zero Tolerance, Louis F. Graham, Henrie Treadwell, Kisha Braithwaite

Louis F Graham

HIV/AIDS and African-American male imprisonment contribute to the destruction of African-American communities. African-American men and HIV/AIDS are disproportionately represented throughout all sectors of the criminal justice industry, including the juvenile justice system. The criminal justice system contributes to unacceptably high African-American male imprisonment rates and HIV prevalence directly via the ‘war on drugs’ and lax enforcement of institutional policy among other things, and indirectly through perpetuation of economic hardship which further exacerbates imprisonment rates, thus closing the loop of a vicious cycle of revolving prison doors and HIV contraction. This article briefly introduces surrounding socio-political issues that contextualizes the ensuing …


A Convict Criminology Approach To Classification Of Prisoners, Stephen C. Richards, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2001

A Convict Criminology Approach To Classification Of Prisoners, Stephen C. Richards, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.