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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.

Edited Works

• Global Perspectives on Re-entry.  2011 with I.O. Ekunde.  Tampere, Finland:  University of Tampere Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Finnish Criminal Policy from the 1960's and Beyond.  2012 with I.O. Ekunwe.  The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons 21 (1&2): 173-189l. 
  

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