Rate My Professor Jared Ellison

Jared Ellison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University, where he conducts research on corrections and court processing. He earned his PhD from the University of Nebraska Omaha, with his dissertation titled "An opportunity model of victimization risk for jail inmates and correctional officers" completed in 2017. Ellison previously held the position of Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University before his promotion to Associate Professor. His academic interests center on inmate behavior, victimization in correctional settings, safety risks for jail officers, and the occupational stress experienced by correctional staff.

Ellison's publications have made substantial contributions to criminology, particularly in understanding misconduct and victimization in prisons and jails. His most cited work, "Causes and correlates of prison inmate misconduct: A systematic review of the evidence" (Steiner, Butler, & Ellison, 2014, Journal of Criminal Justice), has received 465 citations. Other key publications include "The impact of inmate and prison characteristics on prisoner victimization" (Steiner, Ellison, Butler, & Cain, 2017, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse; 160 citations), "Working on local time: Testing the job-demand-control-support model of stress with jail officers" (Ellison & Caudill, 2020, Journal of Criminal Justice; 89 citations), "Examining the sources of violent victimization among jail inmates" (Ellison, Steiner, & Wright, 2018, Criminal Justice and Behavior; 40 citations), and "An opportunity model of safety risks among jail officers" (Ellison & Gainey, 2020, Journal of Criminal Justice; 39 citations). Additionally, he co-authored "State fiscal effort and juvenile incarceration rates: Are we misdirecting our investment in human capital?" (Ellison, Owings, & Kaplan, 2017, Journal of Education Finance), listed on his university directory. Recent works address post-traumatic stress disorder among correctional officers, such as "Suffering in silence: Violence exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among jail correctional officers" (Ellison & Jaegers, 2022, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine). Through these empirical studies, Ellison has influenced scholarship on correctional policy, risk assessment, and officer well-being.