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Jeffrey Ian Ross
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Criminologist @ubaltmain #corrections #CrimesofthePowerful #StreetCulture #graffiti #streetart #police Co-founder #ConvictCriminology Website www.jeffreyianross.com Instagram http://buff.ly/2Se7geg Amateur Japanese Chef bit.ly/4f2XEtX .. more

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Jeffrey Ian Ross is a scholar, professor, and criminologist specializing in the fields of policing, corrections, political crime, violence, street culture, graffiti and street art, and crime and justice in American Indian communities. Since 1998 Ross has been a professor at the University of Baltimore. He is a former co-chair and chair of the Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice of the American Society of Criminology. Ross is an author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of numerous books. .. more

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Nov 10
Excited to announce the forthcoming publication of my new book, LETTERS TO A YOUNG CRIMINOLOGIST. To be released in the spring of 2026. Link to 20 % discount for advance purchase jeffreyianross.com/wp-content/u... #criminaljustice #criminologist #instruction #mentoring #pedagogy

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 20h
My latest blog post, “Why Shoveling Your Car out of the Snow Doesn’t Create Parking Rights (But Feels Like It Should)” jeffreyianross.com/why-shovelin.... #cars #parking #propertyrights #publicspace #snow #snowshoveling #urbanspace #urbanpublicspace #vernacularjustice
Why Shoveling Your Car out of the Snow Doesn't Create Parking Rights (But Feels Like It Should)
After heavy snowfalls in American cities, people dig out their parked cars, and some try to “hold” the cleared space with lawn chairs, trash cans, traffic cones, etc. The logic is familiar: I did the ...
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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 9d
My latest blog post, “Demystifying Visiting Scholar Positions” jeffreyianross.com/demystifying... #academia #academicaffiliation #academiclife #PhDLife #Professor #Sabbatical #VisitingScholar
Demystifying Visiting Scholar Positions
Periodically, academics seek and are given the title of visiting scholar. The designation sounds formal and flattering, and for many people it carries a great deal of symbolic weight. But there is con...
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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 13d
Every business in my neighborhood shoveled their sidewalk except the funeral home. Maybe they’re playing the long game?

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 15d
My latest blog post, "Whitewashing a Myth about Graffiti Abatement.” jeffreyianross.com/whitewashing... #graffiti #graffitiabatement #myth #TheTroubles
Whitewashing a Myth about Graffiti Abatement
This past weekend, I saw The Honey Trap. The play centers on a former British soldier who lost a close friend during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Years later, while participating in an oral histo...
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 19d
ICE Memo Claims Agents Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants: Skewering the 4th Amendment Further www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...
'The Fourth Amendment Literally Exists to Prevent This': Memo Claims ICE Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants | Common Dreams
Lawyers, journalists, and others are alarmed by an internal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo claiming that ICE agents can forcibly enter a private residence without a judicial warrant, cons...
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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 21d
From the Archives: Convict Criminology is rarely discussed outside Western contexts. Bibha Tripathi’s “Introducing Convict Criminology in India” (INDIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 48(2), 2020, pp. 27–37) reminds us that the approach extends well beyond those boundaries. drive.google.com/file/d/1Y-_y...
2020 Vol.48(2)-34-44.pdf
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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 27d
Review of my book INTRODUCTION TO CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY by Dr. James Wojtowicz jeffreyianross.com/wp-content/u... which appeared in CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL #criminology #convictcriminology #criticalcriminology #corrections #jails #prisons #reentry

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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 27d
Prof. Baris Cayli Messina examines Europe’s growing awareness of its strategic isolation. An incisive contribution to current debates on sovereignty, alliance politics, and the future of democratic values in Europe. @bariscaylimessina.com
The Christmas Verdict: Europe Alone
A Christmas reflection on Europe’s growing isolation as power eclipses law, alliances turn transactional, and the continent confronts the future.
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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 29d
My latest blog post, “Whose Version of “I Love Paris,” is the Best?” jeffreyianross.com/whose-versio... #blues #jazz #music #liveperformance #estherphillips
Whose Version of "I Love Paris" Is the Best?
“I Love Paris” has been performed and recorded by dozens of musicians. Written by Cole Porter in 1953, the song has been interpreted by artists ranging from Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald to Michel L...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Jan 8
In an unprecedented address, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticized the US foreign policy under Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.
Die Welt wird eine „Räuberhöhle“ – Bundespräsident Steinmeier fordert Respekt vor internationalem Recht
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Jan 8
Number of people shot by Trump's secret police so far: 43. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Jan 8
US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown: At least 14 people have been shot by immigration agents since the start of Trump’s second term www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown
Data compiled by news non-profit the Trace shows 14 firearm incidents and more uses of force cases
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jan 5
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.

The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Jan 4
My latest blog post, “Why Corporate Restaurants Fail” jeffreyianross.com/why-corporat... #corporate #finediningexperience #food #dining #diningexperience #restaurants
Why Corporate Restaurants Fail
It’s a special occasion, such as a birthday, graduation, promotion, or anniversary. You decide to celebrate by going out to a fancy restaurant with a close circle of friends, relatives, or loved ones....
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