My latest blog post, “INTRODUCTION TO CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY Now Available in Portuguese jeffreyianross.com/introduction... #convictcriminology #prisons #prisonerreentry #criminology #criminaljustice

INTRODUCTION TO CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY Now Available in Portuguese

The Portuguese edition of  Introduction to Convict Criminology (2024) comes as Brazil’s prison population is climbing again after a COVID-era dip. Published as Introdução à Criminologia dos Condenados...

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My university just published a piece on my LETTERS TO A YOUNG CRIMINOLOGIST. The book answers questions about what criminologists actually do beyond the classroom and why it matters. www.ubalt.edu/about/newsro... #book #criminology #criminologist #criminaljustice

The Texas State University Department of Sociology is hiring a full-time non-tenure line Assistant Professor of Instruction with a primary focus of teaching Introduction to Sociology. Review of applications begins September 1st. Check it out and pass it along! jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/57698

Pleased to announce that INTRODUCTION TO CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY (2024) has been trans. into Portuguese & avail. as INTRODUÇÃO À CRIMINOLOGIA DOS CONDENADOS from @editoradplacido Thanks to @katheamartins & @delucialucas for their translation & @SergioSalomaoshecaira for preface & coordinating project

Quoted in an article recently appearing in the NEW YORK SUN, www.nysun.com/article/for-... about lockup conditions in the Special Housing Unit of the Federal Detention Center at Miami, for Andrew and Tristan Tate, #corrections #incarceration #lockup #prison #prisonconditions

For Tate Brothers, Life in a Miami Lockup Marks a Big Comedown | The New York Sun

The symbols of hyper-masculinity enjoy few comforts as they await a bail hearing in a Bureau of Prisons special unit but experts dispute claims that their lives are at risk.

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My latest blog post, "Street Culture, Book by Book" jeffreyianross.com/street-cultu... #books #scholarship #streetculture #streetlife #urbanlife

Street Culture, Book by Book

Search Amazon using the term street culture, and you’ll find countless books about gangs, graffiti, street art, policing, homelessness, drug markets, skateboarding, street fashion, or urban crime, but...

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Recently published review of my book, INTRODUCTION TO CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY (2024), by Jim Thomas, Ph.D jeffreyianross.com/wp-content/u... appeared online in CRIMINAL JUSTICE REVIEW #bookreview #convictcriminology #corrections #prisons

My latest blog post, "Trash Collectors," jeffreyianross.com/trash-collec... #cabdriving #lawenforcement #memories #police #policing #streetculture #taxidriving #Toronto #urbanmobility

Trash Collectors

During the late 1970s, I got my start driving cab for Beck Taxi in Toronto. Their business at the time was disproportionately located in the east end, above and below the Danforth. We got calls from t...

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Just received my copy of UNIVERSIDADE E PRISÃO: ENSAIOS CRÍTICOS SOBRE EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR NO CÁRCERE E EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA ed by Sérgio Salomão Shecaira, Bruno Shimizu, Luigi Giuseppe Barbieri Ferrarini, & Jéssica Raquel Sponchiado #Brazil #ConvictCriminology #Corrections #Prisons #PrisonEducation

My latest blog post, “Conferences Shaping Graffiti and Street Art Scholarship” jeffreyianross.com?p=8436 #Graffiti #Streetart #Scholarship #Conferences

Conferences Shaping Graffiti and Street Art Scholarship

Many academic organizations hold annual conferences where participants present papers to colleagues working in the same field. But no learned society that specializes in the  scholarly area of graffit...

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This bestselling title is a long-overdue and engaging guide offering valuable insights and advice for those considering a career in academic criminology. Learn more! spr.ly/63323BBNtNc

Breaking News: The Supreme Court declined President Trump’s request to review a $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found in 2023 that he sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll. nyti.ms/4oWpoH2

Happy Father's Day! Celebrating how fathers' love and money support children's development. See my book HOW FATHERS HELP THEIR CHILDREN DEVELOP: MONEY AND LOVE with Ronald B. Mincy (Cambridge Univ Press, 2026). bit.ly/3Slef6u

How Fathers Help their Children Develop

Amazon.com: How Fathers Help their Children Develop: 9781009209465: Cabrera, Natasha J: Books

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My latest blog post, “Eleven Films I use in my Criminology and Criminal Justice Classes” jeffreyianross.com/eleven-films... #criminology #criminaljustice #films #instruction #movies #pedagogy #PhDLife #teaching #universitypedagogy

Eleven Films I use in my Criminology and Criminal Justice Classes

Although textbooks, journal articles, and lectures are important, movies are one of the most effective teaching tools available to criminology and criminal justice instructors. They can communicate id...

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Great to see my book LETTERS TO A YOUNG CRIMINOLOGIST among the ones you are taking to #BSCC2026

Tom Sutton@crimepublisher.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm starting to build up a great collection of recent titles for #BSCC2026. Looking forward to seeing authors old, new and future in Nottingham next month. Don't see your book? Let me know and I can order a copy before the conference. @bsc2026conf-ntu.bsky.social #criminology #publishing

My latest blog post, "Why do the Hudson’s Bay Blanket Stripes Travel So Well?" jeffreyianross.com/why-do-the-h... #branding #graphicidentity #hudsonsbaycompany #hudsonbayblanket #materialculture #semiotics #visualidentity

Why do the Hudson's Bay Blanket Stripes Travel So Well?

Almost a half-century ago, one of the first purchases I made in preparation for leaving my parents’ house was a Hudson’s Bay Company wool point blanket. I walked into the HBC department store at subur...

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The June BSC book draw is for 'Letters to a young Criminologist'. Jeffrey Ian Ross. Many thanks to Routledge for supporting the draw. BSC Members can find out more here: britsoccrim.org/book-draw-2

It's all good fun with the tariffs and wars and such, but to really motor the American economy into a brick wall, make it hard to get to or from every corporate entity in all the blue, GDP-producing states. Yep, most of the S & P and Nasdaq just needs to fuck right off. Markwayne Mullin, submoron.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Markwayne Mullin: "We are currently drawing up plans to say, listen, in these sanctuary cities where the local radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities."

My latest blog post, “Two Sundays in a Row,” jeffreyianross.com/two-sundays-... #Instruction #JapaneseFood #JapaneseCuisine #Washoku #SkillAcquisition #Instruction

Two Sundays In a Row

On my first visit, I brought my Japanese knives (the short deba and the long yanagiba), packed away in my knife case. Then, standing at the trunk of my car, parked across the street from the restauran...

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My latest blog post, “What Your Graduate Advisor Never Told You About the Criminology Job Market" jeffreyianross.com/what-your-gr... #criminology #criminaljustice #academiccareers #GraduateSchool #HigherEducation #AcademicLife

What Your Graduate Advisor Never Told You About the Criminology Job Market

Unlike some other social sciences, criminology and criminal justice consistently produce job openings. But not all positions are created equal, and where you land can affect your career and your menta...

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My latest blog post, “How to Think Like a Criminologist.” jeffreyianross.com/how-to-think... #crime #criminologist #criminology #criminaljustice #university

How to Think Like a Criminologist

There’s a big gap between what the general public thinks criminologists do and what we actually do. Most people assume we work in forensics, consult on detective cases, or spend our days profiling ser...

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Delighted to see Jeff's new book arriving just ahead of publication! "Drawing on more than three decades of experience, the author offers candid advice on academic life, educational pathways, career prospects, & the day-to-day realities of teaching & research." www.routledge.com/Letters-to-a...

Jeffrey Ian Ross@jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's here. Letters to a Young Criminologist is now available. www.routledge.com/Letters-to-a...

It's here. Letters to a Young Criminologist is now available. www.routledge.com/Letters-to-a...

My Book "Police Reform: An Obituary" is now available for pre-order and will be released on March 10th, 2026! Please ask your university library to order a copy. www.routledge.com/Police-Refor...

Police Reform: An Obituary

The fight against police brutality and impunity is a global struggle. This book argues that police reform efforts around the world should be extirpated and replaced with locally developed and led non-...

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My latest blog post, “After Three Decades, Here’s What I Wish Someone Had Told Me” lnkd.in/eS_2gRr3 #Academia #Criminology #Criminologist #CriminalJustice #Mentoring

Big moment. After a decade of writing, the manuscript has been edited and now I step in for the first of two-round checks. Over 300 pages. Line by line page by page reviewing the edits making sure every argument holds and every sentence carries its weight. Wish me luck! #AcademicSky #BookSky

More than 40,000 calls a year about conditions on Rikers Island are routed into a system where many never get tracked or resolved. Our latest: how 311 complaints, from freezing cells to denied medical care, can vanish as “customer comments.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/31/r...

More Than 40k 311 Calls From Rikers Go Into a Black Hole Every Year

Detainees and families dial 311 to report freezing cells, hallucinations and denied medical care. Many complaints are routed as "customer comments" and vanish without action.

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My latest blog post, "How U.S. Federal Prisons Fail International Human Rights Standards,” jeffreyianross.com/how-u-s-fede... #corrections #FBOP #humanrights #incarceration #mandelarules #prisons tinyurl.com/3r7tcynr

(PDF) Do the Conditions inside the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons Facilities Violate the Nelson Mandela Rules on detention?

PDF | This article examines how the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) violates specific provisions of the United Nations Standard Minimum... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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