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Criminologist, Scholar, & Consultant
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., is a criminologist at the University of Baltimore and co-founder of Convict Criminology. He brings an insider’s perspective to his work, shaped by his experience as a former courier, taxi driver, corrections worker, and union shop steward. This approach has also benefited from numerous visits to correctional facilities across North America, Europe, and South America, and firsthand research on street culture, and graffiti and street art internationally. Ross has published 30+ books and shares his expertise on corrections, policing, political crime, street culture, and graffiti and street art through scholarship, public writing, speaking, media commentary, and consulting.
Two Sundays In a Row
/by Jeffrey Ian RossOn 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 restaurant, I decided to leave them in the trunk. I had been studying and cooking Washoku (traditional Japanese food) […]
What Your Graduate Advisor Never Told You About the Criminology Job Market
/by Jeffrey Ian RossUnlike 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 mental health in ways your graduate advisor never mentioned. And many young criminologists enter their first position with unrealistic expectations about just about everything. Whether […]
How to Think Like a Criminologist
/by Jeffrey Ian RossThere’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 serial killers. That’s understandable. The media leans hard into that image, and some criminologists do work in forensic-adjacent fields. But I’m an […]