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Bringing together a variety of diverse international contributors from the Convict Criminology community, Convict Criminology for the Future surveys the historical roots of Convict Criminology, the current challenges experienced by formerly incarcerated people, and future directions for the field.
Over the past two decades research has been conducted in the field of Convict Criminology, recognizing that the convict voice has long been ignored or marginalized in academia, criminal justice practice, and public policy debates. This edited volume provides a much-needed update on the state of the field and how it has evolved. Seven primary themes are examined.
Historical underpinnings of Convict Criminology
Adaptations to prison life
Longstanding challenges for prisoners and formerly incarcerated people
Post-secondary education behind bars
The expansion of Convict Criminology beyond North America
Conducting scholarly research in carceral settings
Future directions in Convict Criminology
A global line up of contributors, from the fields of Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law, Political Science, and Sociology, comprehensively tackle each topic, reviewing causes, reactions, and solutions to challenges. The volume also includes a chronology of significant events in the history of Convict Criminology.
Integrating current events with research using a variety of methods in scholarly analysis, Convict Criminology for the Future is invaluable reading for students and scholars of corrections, criminology, criminal justice, law, and sociology.
List of contents
Foreword: Shadd Maruna
1. Introduction: Convict Criminology for the Future
By Jeffrey Ian Ross and Francesca Vianello
2. Context is Everything: Understanding the Scholarly, Social, and Pedagogical Origins of Convict Criminology
By Jeffrey Ian Ross
3. Crossing Borders, Pushing Boundaries and Privileging ‘Marginalised’ Voices: Surviving Motherhood in Prison
By Sinem Safak Bozkurt, Marisa Merico, Andreas Aresti and Sacha Darke
4. Doing Time for Convict Criminology
By Rod Earle
5. A convict-counter information to contest crime-press dis-information
By Elton Kalica
6. In the pool without a life jacket: Status fragility and Convict Criminology in the Current Criminological Era
By Grant Tietjen and Daniel Ryan Kavish
7. A Convict Criminology approach to prisoner families
By Alison Cox
8. Developing Convict Criminology: Notes from Italy
By Francesca Vianello
9. It’s time! Towards a Southern Convict Criminology
By Valeria Vegh Weiss
10. University Education in Prison and Convict Criminology: Reflections from a field research study
By Andrea Borghini and Gerardo Pastore
11. The Convict University project and the autoethnography of the biographical changeover.
A case study based on mutual narratives between external and convict students
By Vincenza Pellegrino, Veronica Valenti, and Claudio Conte
12. Can the "psychiatric prisoner" speak? Notes from Convict Criminology and Disability Studies
By Luca Sterchele
13. Radicalization and experiences of detention
By Alvise Sbraccia
14. The reaction of the Italian Prison Administration in the face of a Convict Criminologist
By Giovanni Torrente
15. Rethinking Punishment: Prison research and the (un)intended challenges of institutional research ethics review
By James Gacek and Rosemary Ricciardelli
16. Conclusion: What does the future hold for Convict Criminology?
By Francesca Vianello and Jeffrey Ian Ross
Appendix: Chronology of events in the history of Convict Criminology
About the author
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., is Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and Research Fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law, at the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore.
Francesca Vianello, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Sociology of Law, Deviance and Social Change in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology at the University of Padua, where she teaches Sociology of Law, Sociology of Deviance, and Sociology of Prison Life.
Summary
Bringing together a variety of international voices from the Convict Criminology community, this edited volume surveys the historical roots of Convict criminology, the current challenges experienced by formerly incarcerated people, and future directions for the field.
