Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison

BIOGRAPHY Jeffery Ian Ross, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies, and a Fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore. He has researched, written, and lectured on national security, political violence, political crime, violent crime, corrections, policing, cybercrime, and crime and justice in Indian Country for over two decades. Ross' work has appeared in many academic journals and books, as well as popular media. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of thirteen books including most recently Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha, July 2009). Ross is a frequent and respected subject matter expert for local, regional, national and international news media including interviews with newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations. More specifically, he has commented on crime and policing issues in Baltimore, the 9/11 attacks, the Beltway sniper incidents, the Laci Peterson disappearance/Scott Peterson trial and conviction, the Columbine (Colo.) shootings, and the Columbus (Ohio) sniper incidents. In terms of live appearances on national television shows, Ross has been on CNN, including Jack Cafferty's "In the Money," and "Larry King Live," and on Fox national news, including "Hannity and Colmes" and "The O'Reilly Factor." Additionally Ross has written op-eds for The (Baltimore) Sun, The (Maryland) Daily Record, The Gazette (weekly community newspapers serving Maryland's Montgomery, Frederick, Prince Georges and Carroll counties), the Baltimore Examiner, and the Tampa Tribune. From 1995-1998, Ross was a social science analyst with the National Institute of Justice, a Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2003, he was awarded the University of Baltimore's Distinguished Chair in Research Award. During the early 1980s Jeff worked almost four years in a correctional institution.