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How American-Based Television Commercials Portray Convicts, Correctional Officials, Carceral Institutions, And The Prison Experience, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2017

How American-Based Television Commercials Portray Convicts, Correctional Officials, Carceral Institutions, And The Prison Experience, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


The Challenges Of Conducting Research On Supermax Prisons: Results From A Survey Of Scholars Who Conduct Research On This Type Of Correctional Facility, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard Tewksbury Dec 2017

The Challenges Of Conducting Research On Supermax Prisons: Results From A Survey Of Scholars Who Conduct Research On This Type Of Correctional Facility, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard Tewksbury

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Interpreting The Development And Growth Of Convict Criminology In South America, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Sacha Darke Dec 2017

Interpreting The Development And Growth Of Convict Criminology In South America, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Sacha Darke

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Convict Criminology And Struggle For Inclusion, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard S. Jones, Mike Lenza, Stephen C. Richards Dec 2015

Convict Criminology And Struggle For Inclusion, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard S. Jones, Mike Lenza, Stephen C. Richards

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Loyalty's Reward — A Felony Conviction: Recent Prosecutions Of High-Status Female Offenders, Michelle S. Jacobs Nov 2014

Loyalty's Reward — A Felony Conviction: Recent Prosecutions Of High-Status Female Offenders, Michelle S. Jacobs

Michelle S Jacobs

Between 2001 and 2004, six high-status women were charged with crimes in connection with corporate criminal cases. The public is familiar with some of them, although not all of their cases have been covered equally in the press. With the exception of an occasional article now and then mentioning the exploding rates of female incarceration, women's crime tends to be invisible to the public eye. The statistical data the government collects and analyzes on women and crime will be discussed. This article will focus on the prosecution of the individual cases of Lea Fastow, Betty Vinson, and Martha Stewart. Their …


Misidentified And Misunderstood: Extremists And Extremist Groups Incarcerated In U.S. Correctional Facilities, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2013

Misidentified And Misunderstood: Extremists And Extremist Groups Incarcerated In U.S. Correctional Facilities, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


How Canada Built Its Supermax Prisons, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2012

How Canada Built Its Supermax Prisons, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Debunking The Myths Of American Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2011

Debunking The Myths Of American Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Review: Prison Tourism: Cultural Memory And Dark Tourism, Philip R. Stone Dec 2008

Review: Prison Tourism: Cultural Memory And Dark Tourism, Philip R. Stone

Dr Philip Stone

Book review for "Prison Tourism: Cultural Memory and Dark Tourism"


Analyzing Contemporary Introductory Textbooks On Correctional Administration/Management/Organization: A Content Analysis, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2007

Analyzing Contemporary Introductory Textbooks On Correctional Administration/Management/Organization: A Content Analysis, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Supermax Prisons, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2006

Supermax Prisons, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


What Is The New School Of Convict Criminology?, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards Dec 2002

What Is The New School Of Convict Criminology?, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira P. Robbins Dec 1998

Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira P. Robbins

Ira P. Robbins

INTRODUCTION:

Billy Roberts, a prisoner in an Alabama state prison, had a history of severe psychiatric disorders. He was often put on suicide watch, and received large doses of psychotropic drugs. A managed health care company, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), was responsible for the health care at the prison. After Roberts had a suicidal episode, CMS's statewide mental health care director reportedly put Roberts in an isolation cell rather than a psychiatric care unit. The mental health care director also ordered that Roberts' medication be discontinued pursuant to an alleged policy of CMS to get as many prisoners off psycho- …