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CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY

Relevant Articles and Chapters

  • Andrus, T. & Richards S. C. (2005). State prisons. In Bosworth, Mary (ed.), Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities (919-926). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Austin, J., Bruce M. A., Carroll, L., McCall P. L., & Richards, S. C. (2001a). The use of incarceration in the United States. American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. Critical Criminology: An International Journal, 10, 1, 17-41.
  • Austin, J., Bruce M. A., Carroll, L., McCall P. L., & Richards, S. C. (2001b). The use of incarceration in the United States: National Policy White Paper. American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. ASC Home Page http://www.asc41.com/: 1-58.
  • Austin, J., Bruce M. A., Carroll, L., McCall P. L., & Richards, S. C. (2001c).  The use of incarceration in the United States: National Policy Committee White Paper (Executive Summary).” American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. The Criminologist, Vol. 26, No. 3: 14-16.
  • Austin, J., Richards, S. C, & Jones, R. S. (2003a). New ideas for reforming parole in Kentucky. Offender Programs Report, 7, 2, 19-20, 22, 24.
  • Austin, J., Richards, S. C, & Jones, R. S (2003b). Prison release in Kentucky: Convict perspective on policy recommendations. Offender Programs Report, 7, 1: 1, 13-16.
  • Barton, G. (2006). Saved by the bell: Ex-convict spreads the word that education can transform prisoners’ lives, like it did his. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI, December 31: XX.
  • Carceral, K. C. (2004). Behind a convict's eyes: Doing time in a modern prison. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Carceral, K. C. (2006). Prison, inc.: A convict exposes life inside a private prison. New York: New York University Press.
  • Curry, G. D. & Decker S. H. (2002). Confronting gangs: Crime and community. Los Angeles: Roxbury Press. 
  • Curry, G. D. (1985). Sunshine patriots:  Punishment and the Vietnam offender. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press.
  • Gieske, D. (2006). A Shattered Past. Visions, Iowa State University Alumni Association Magazine, Winter.
  • Hassine, V. (2004). Life without parole: Living in prison today. Los Angeles: Roxbury.
  • Hogan, R. G., & Richards, S. C. (2006). Private prison problems. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. 15, 1, 53-64.
  • Irwin, J. (1970). The felon.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Irwin, J. (1980). Prisons in turmoil. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
  • Irwin, J. (1985). The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American society. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
  • Irwin, J.  (1987). Reflections on ethnography. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 16:41-48.
  • Irwin, J. (2005) The warehouse prison: Disposal of the new dangerous class: Los Angeles: Roxbury.
  • Irwin, J., & Austin, J. (1994). Its about time: America’s imprisonment binge. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Irwin, J., Schiraldi, V., & Ziedenberg, J. (2000). America's one million nonviolent prisoners. Social Justice 27 (2): 135-147.
  • Jones, R. S. (2003). Ex-con: Managing a spoiled identity. In Ross, J. I. & Richards, S. C. Convict Criminology (pp. 191-208). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Jones, R.S.  (1995). Uncovering the hidden social world: Insider research in prison.  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 11(2):106-118.
  • Jones, R. S., & Schmid, T. (2000). Doing Time: Prison experience and identity among first time inmates. Stamford, CT: JAI Press.
  • MacLean, B. D., & Pepinsky, H. E. (1993). We who would take no prisoners: Selections from the Fifth International Conference on Penal Abolition, Vancouver, B. C.: Collective Press.
  • Maruna, S., & Immarigeon, R. (Eds). 2004. After crime and punishment: Pathways to offender reintegration. Portland, OR: Willam.
  • Maruna, S., & LeBel, T. (2003). Welcome Home?: Examining the Reentry Court Concept from a Strengths-based Perspective. Western Criminology Review, 4(2) 91-107.
  • Maruna, S., LeBel, T., & Lanier, C.(2004). "Generativity Behind Bars: Some 'Redemptive Truth' about Prison Society.". In de St. Aubin, E., McAdams, D. & Kim, T. (Eds). The Generative Society. (pp. 131-152). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Maruna, S., LeBel, T., & Mitchel, N. and Naples, M. (2004). Pygmalion in the Reintegration Process: Desistance from Crime Through the Looking Glass. Psychology, Crime and Law, 10 (3), 271-281. (pp. 131-152).
  • Maruna, S. & Roy, K.(2007). "Amputation or Reconstruction Notes on 'Knifing Off' and Desistance from Crime.". Journal of Contemporary Justice, 23, 104-124. (pp. 131-152).
  • Miller, J. G. (1996). Search and destroy: African-American males in the criminal justice system. New York: Cambridge.
  • Mobley, A. (2003). Convict criminology: The two-legged date dilemma. In Ross J. I., & Richards S. C. (eds.). Convict Criminology (pp. 246-266). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Mobley, A., Pepinsky, H., & Terry C. M. (2002). Exploring the paradox of the (un) reality of Richard Quinney’s Criminology. Crime & Delinquency, 48, 2, 316-332.
  • Murphy, D. S. (2002). Aspirin ain’t gonna help the kind of pain I’m in: Health care in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In Ross J. I., & Richards S. C. (eds.). Convict Criminology (pp. 209-225). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Murphy, D. S. (2004). Prison and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Unpublished dissertation: Iowa State University.
  • Murphy, D. S. (2005.) Medical care in the Federal Bureau of prisons: Fact or fiction. California Journal of Health Promotion. 3(2), 3-37.
  • Murphy, D. S., Newmark, A., & and Philip, A. (2006). Felon disenfranchisement in the United States. Juvenile Justice and Criminal Justice Policy. 3(1), 1-24.
  • Newbold, G. (1982). The big huey. Auckland, NZ: Collins.
  • Newbold, G. (1989). Punishment and politics: The maximum-security prison in New Zealand. Auckland, NZ: Oxford University Press.
  • Newbold, G. (1992). Crime and Deviance. Auckland, NZ: Oxford University Press.
  • Newbold, G. (2000). Crime in New Zealand. Palmerston North, NZ: Dunmore.
  • Newbold, G. (2007). The problem of prisons: Corrections reform in New Zealand. Wellington, NZ: Dunmore.
  • Olson, B. F. (2006). On the patio: What it means to “do time.” Paper presented at American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Los Angels.
  • Olson, B. F. (2006). Degradation, apathy, and acceptable casualties: Serving time in a women’s federal correctional institute. Justice Policy Journal, The Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice, http://www.cjcj.org/jpj/.
  • Olson, B. F., & Kunselman, J. (2007). Degradation, apathy, and acceptable casualties: Serving time in a women’s federal correctional institute. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (at press).
  • Padfield, N. & Maruna, S. (2006). The Revolving Door: Exploring the Rise in Recalls to Prison.. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 6, 329-352.
  • Paluch, J.A. (2004). A life for a life. Los Angeles: Roxbury.
  • Pepinsky, H. E., & Quinney, R. (1991). Criminology as peacemaking. Bloomington, IA:  Indiana University Press.
  • Petersilia, J. (2003). When prisoners come home: parole and prisoner re-entry. NY:  Oxford University Press.
  • Railey, J. (2003). ASU professor teaches from knowledge, experience: He considers his time spent in prison on marijuana conviction as asset to his profession. Winston-Salem Journal Reporter, September 28, 2003.
  • Richards, S. C. (1990). Sociological penetration of the American gulag. Wisconsin Sociologist, Vol. 2, No. 4: 18-28.
  • Richards, S. C. (1995). The structure of prison release: An extended case study of prison release, work release, and parole. New York:  McGraw-Hill.
  • Richards, S. C. (1998). Critical and radical perspectives on community punishment: Lesson from the darkness. In Ross J. I. (Ed.), Cutting the edge: Current perspectives in radical/critical criminology and criminal justice (pp. 122-144) New York: Praeger.
  • Richards, S.C. (2003). My journey through the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In Ross, J. I. & Richards, S. C. Convict Criminology (pp. 120-149). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Richards, S. C. (2004a). Penitentiary dreams: books will take you anywhere you want to go. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.13, 60-73.
  • Richards, S. C. (2004b). Born illegal. In Berger, R. & Quinney, R. (eds.), Storytelling Sociology: Narrative as social inquiry (pp. 183-193). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Richards, S. C. (2005a). United States Penitentiary Marion. In Bosworth, M.(ed.), Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities (pp.569-573). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Richards, S. C. (2005b). United States Penitentiary Leavenworth. In Bosworth, M. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities (pp. 538-540). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Richards, S. C. (2008). One Convict Criminologist recalls orison. In Clear, T. R., Cole G.. F., & Reisig M. D. American Corrections. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (accepted for publication).
  • Richards, S. C. (2008). Foreword. In Ross, J. I.  Special Problems in Corrections. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall (accepted for publication).
  • Richards, S. C., & Avey M. J. (2000). Controlling state crime in the United States of America: What can we do about the thug state?" In Ross, J. I.  (ed.), Varieties of State Crime and Its Control (pp. 31-58). Monsey. New York: Criminal Justice Press
  • Richards, S. C., Austin, J. & Jones, R. S. (2004a). Kentucky’s perpetual prisoner machine: It’s all about money. Review of Policy Research, 21, 1, 93-106.
  • Richards, S. C., Austin, J. & Jones, R. S. (2004b). Thinking about prison release and budget crisis in the blue grass state. Critical Criminology: An International Journal, 12,3, 243-263.
  • Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (1997). Perpetual incarceration machine: Structural impediments to post-prison success. The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 13, 1, 4-22.
  • Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (2004). Beating the perpetual incarceration machine. In Maruna S., & Immarigeon R. (eds.), After crime and punishment: Pathways to offender reintegration (pp. 201-232). London: Willan.
  • Richards, S. C., Rose, C. D., & Reed, S. O. (2006). Inviting convicts to college: Prison and university partnerships. In The State of Corrections: 2005 Proceedings ACA Annual Conferences (pp. 171-180). Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association.
  • Richards, S. C., Rose C. D., & Read, S. O. (2008). Inviting Convicts to College Program: Convict Criminology. In Clear, Todd R., George F. Cole, and Michael D. Reisig. American Corrections. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (accepted for publication).
  • Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2001). The new school of Convict Criminology. Social Justice, 28, 1, 177-190.
  • Richards, S. C., & Ross, R. I. (2003a). Convict perspective on the classification of prisoners. Criminology & Public Policy, 2, 2, 243-252.
  • Richards, S, C., & Ross J. I. (2003b). Ex-convict professors doing prison research. In The State of Corrections: 2002 Proceedings ACA Annual Conferences (pp. 163-168). Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association.
  • Richards, S. C., &  Ross J. I. (2004). The new school of Convict Criminology. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, Canadian Scholar’s Press, Vol. 13: 11-26.
  • Richards, S. C., & Ross J. I. (2005a). Convict Criminology. In Wright, Richard A., & Miller, J. Mitchell (eds.). Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: Routledge. pp. 232-236.
  • Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2005b). Convict Criminology. In Foster, B. Corrections: The Fundamentals (pp. 278-279).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2005c). Convict Criminology.” In Bosworth, M. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. (pp. 169-175). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Richards, S. C., & Ross., J. I. (2007). The new school of Convict Criminology: How might prison college programs rehabilitate prisoners ? In Alarid, L. F., & Reichel P. Corrections: A Contemporary introduction (pp. 330). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Richards, S. C., Ross, J. I., & Jones, R. S. (2008). Convict Criminology. In Barak, G.(ed.), Controversies in Criminal Justice. Westport, CN: Greenwood (accepted for publication).
  • Richards, S. C., Terry, C. M., & Murphy, D. S. (2002). Lady hacks and gentlemen convicts. In Alarid F. A., & Cromwell P. C. (eds.), Correctional perspectives: Academic, practitioner, and prisoner (pp. 207-216). Los Angeles: Roxbury.
  • Rideau, W., & Wikberg, R. (1992). Life sentences: Rage and survival behind bars. New York: Times Books.
  • Robinson, M.(1999). What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Perceptions and Misconceptions of Harmful Behaviors Among Criminology and Criminal Justice Students. Sonoma, CA.: Western Criminology Review 2(1).
  • Robinson, M.(2000). The Construction and Reinforcement of Myths of Race and Crime. : Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 16, 2: 133-156.
  • Robinson, M.(2001). Wither criminal justice: An argument for a reformed discipline. : Critical Criminology: An International Journal 10(2): 97-106.
  • Robinson, M.(2003). The mouse who would rule the world! How American criminal justice reflects the themes of Disneyization. : Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 10(1): 69-86.
  • Robinson, M.(2003). An Obligation to Make a Difference in the Real World? Thoughts on The Proper Role of Criminologists in the 21st Century. : Western Criminology Review 4 (3): 226-238.
  • Robinson, M.(2003). Justice as Freed, Fairness, Compassion, and Utilitarianism: How My Life Experiences Shaped My Views of Justice. : Contemporary Justice Review 6 (4): 329-340.
  • Robinson, M., & Williams, E. J.(2004). Ideology and Criminal Justice: Suggestions for a Pedagogical Model. : Journal of Criminal Justice Education 15 (2): 373-392.
  • Robinson, M., & Simon, K.(2006). Logical and Consistent? An Analysis of Supreme Court Opinions Regarding the Death Penalty. : Justice Policy Journal 3 (1): 1-59.
  • Robinson, M.(2007). Freedom in an Era of Terror: A Critical Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act. : Justice Policy Journal 4 (1): 1-48.
  • Robinson, M.(2009). The Real Death Penalty: Capital Punishment According to the Experts. : Criminal Law Bulletin 45 (2).
  • Rose, C. D., Reed S. O.,& Richards S. C. (2005). Inviting convicts to college: A free college preparatory program for prisoners.” Offender Programs Report , 8, 6, 81, 91-93.
  • Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2002). Behind bars: Surviving prison. New York: Alpha/Penguin.
  • Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2003). Convict Criminology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Ruark, J. K.( 2002). Hot type: Criminology professors publish guide to surviving behind bars. The Chronicle of Higher Education. August 2, 2002, A17.
  • Sheridan, M., & Richards S. C. (2008). Convict Criminology. In Parrillo V. N.,.Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (accepted for publication).
  • Shelden, R. G. (2001). Controlling the dangerous classes. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  • St. John, W. (2003a). Professors with a past: ex-convict criminologists say time they spent as prison inmates adds special insight to their research and their teaching. The New York Times, August, 9, A13-14.
  • St. John, W. (2003b). Convict Criminologists cite experience: Been there, done that crime, some can say to students. Dayton Daily News, August 10.
  • Terry, C. M. (2003). The fellas: Overcoming prison and addiction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Travis, J. (2004). But they all come back. Washington D. C.: The Urban Institute Press.
  • Tregea, W. W. (2003). Twenty years teaching college in Prison. In J.I. Ross and S. C. Richards (eds.) Convict Criminology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, pp. 309-324.
  • Van Sant, R. (2003a). Ex-con teaches criminal justice. The Cincinnati Post, August 15.
  • Van Sant, R. (2003b). Ph.D. in crime: Professor at Northern is former convict. The Kentucky Post, August 15, 1A, 5K.
  • Western, B. (2006). Punishment and inequality in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

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