Jeffrey Ian Ross

Biography

Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He is currently a Visiting Professor, Kriminologie, Kriminalpolitik, Polizeiwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.  Ross is also the chair of the Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice, of the American Society of Criminology. He has researched, written,and lectured primarily on corrections, policing, political crime, violence, abnormal-extreme criminal behavior, street culture, and crime and justice in American Indian communities 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 several books including the Routledge Handbook on Graffiti and Street Art (Routledge, January, 2016). Ross is a respected subject matter expert for local, regional, national and international news media. He has made live appearances on CNN, CNBC, Fox News Network, MSNBC, and NBC. Additionally Ross has written op-eds for The (Baltimore) Sun, the Baltimore Examiner, The (Maryland) Daily Record, The Gazette (weekly community newspapers serving Maryland’s Montgomery, Frederick, Prince Georges and Carroll counties), The Hill,  Inside Higher Ed, and The Tampa Tribune.  

Research Interest

Political Behavior Political Violence Crime and Delinquency Crimes of the Powerful Criminal Justice Planning