Associate Professor and Chair 
Office: 356 Lalumiere Hall
Phone: (414) 288-3436
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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jones received his early training compliments of the State of Minnesota. His teaching areas include crime and punishment, the experience of incarceration, social problems, principles of sociology, and sport in society. Rick is currently interested in "convict criminology" and is studying faith-based prison fellowships and re-entry challenges faced by released prisoners.
Selected Publications
Doing Time: Prison Experience and Identity among First-time Inmates. 2000. JAI Press.
"Parallels in the Prison Experience of Men and Women." 2003. In Women in Prison, edited by J. Thomas and B. Zastrow.
"Kentucky's Perpetual Prison Machine: It's about the Money." 2003. Policy Studies Journal.
