Introduction to Convict Criminology

AvJeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-30
Mått:170 x 244 x 16 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529221206

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Kriminalvård och straff inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

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.

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“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

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword - Francesca VianelloIntroductionPart 1: Introduction and Scholarship1. Getting Up to Speed with Convict Criminology2. 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 Mentoring4. Teaching Convicts and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: The State of Post-Secondary Undergraduate Education in Correctional Facilities5. Mentoring Convicts and Formerly Incarcerated Students6. How Has Convict Criminology Engaged in Mentoring? Collaboration with Convicts and Formerly Incarcerated People on Scholarly ResearchPart 3: Activism and Public Policy Work7. What Is Prison Activism?8. How Has Convict Criminology Engaged in Activism?9. What Does the Future of Convict Criminology Look Like?