Convict Criminologist at USP Marion

• In Event: Convict Criminology Session 1: The Marion Experiment

Abstract

The Convict Criminology Perspective is predicated on both convict memory and academic research, as illustrated in a long list of publications. Most of the authors and co-authors in this perspective are ex-convicts that have become professors of criminology, criminal justice, or other related disciplines. Some of the authors and co-authors we refer to as “non-cons.” These are persons without felony convictions or prison records that have chosen to associate with our group and write from our perspective. Convict Criminology is a theoretical perspective that uses direct observation, face-to-face interviews, autoethnography, and retrospective analysis to penetrate the reality of distant social worlds.

Author

• Stephen C. Richards, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh