Convict Criminology on Trial and ‘Writing From the Flesh’: A Review Essay Prompted by Introduction to Convict Criminology by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Bristol University Press

ABSTRACT

This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross’s student textbook, ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider lived experience movement. The review engages with various approaches taken by Ross, in particular the book’s focus on his own contributions to convict criminology. The review seeks to widen the scope of the book’s coverage by indicating some of its omissions and selections.