Dr. Darrell L. Ross

Legal Issues and Concepts

Since August 2006, Dr. Ross has been serving as the Chair in the Department of Law Enforcement & Justice Administration at Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois. From 1992 to 2006 Dr. Ross taught criminal justice courses at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and was the Director of the Forensic Sciences Minor. He was the Chair of the department from 1999 to 2002. He was awarded the Scholar of the year award by the ECU Department of Criminal Justice in 2006, the Distinguished Scholar/Professor Award by the ECU Chancellor in April 2004 and in 1997 he was awarded the "Outstanding Teaching Award," by the NC Criminal Justice Educators Association.

From 1985 to 1992 he worked for the Criminal Justice Institute at Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI. While at CJI he conducted research and provided training for police and correctional agencies, taught subject control tactics and physical conditioning in the police academy, and also taught academic courses. He was a thirteen year veteran with the MI Department of Corrections, working at SPSM as an officer, a Unit Manager of a psychiatric cell block of 500 prisoners, a probation officer, and academy instructor. He is a member of ten professional criminal justice educational and training associations.

Dr. Ross is an author of multiple books including "Civil Liability Issues in Corrections," "Civil Liability in Criminal Justice, 4th Ed." and "Sudden Death in Custody".

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Examining the liability trends of custodial suicides
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IntroductionGiven the diversity of the prisoner population in confinement facilities and their medical and psychological backgrounds, a death while incarcerated should not be unexpected, although a...
Prisoner transports, officer safety & liability issues
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Regardless of the purpose, transporting a prisoner can be a potentially dangerous assignment for police or correction officers and adherence to proper safety protocols are obviously critical. While...
Lessons learned from death in detention by alcohol intoxication
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On any given day, the nation's jails house approximately 700,000 detainees. From 2000 to 2005 the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics reported 5,935 detainees died in custody (2006)...
Use of force and the mentally ill
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A C1 Member Asks: Is it the industry standard or policy not to use pepper spray on a known mentally ill person?I have reviewed case decisions on the use of pepper spray dating back to 1970 and did ...
Assessing detainee resistance in Michigan jails: Part II
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Part 2 of 2Read Part 1In Part 1, the highlights from a study which examined 949 use of force incidents in 15 Michigan jails revealed common patterns of detainee resistance. The findings showed that...
Assessing detainee resistance in Michigan jails, Part 1
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A detention officer should not focus his decision to use force solely on the detainee’s mental condition, but rather, on the manifested behaviors which may be harmful to the officer, the detainee a...
Use of restraints in corrections and lessons learned
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Hope v. Pelzer U.S. Supreme Court decision contains several important use of restraints lessons learned for corrections officers
Death in detention by alcohol intoxication: Lessons learned
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By Darrell L. Ross, Ph.D. On any given day, the nation’s jails house approximately 700,000 detainees. From 2000 to 2005 the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics reported 5,935 detain...
Use of force for COs — Reviewing Hudson v. McMillian 10 years later
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The use of force by corrections officers is one of the most controversial aspects of the legal authority granted to them and questions have surfaced regarding when the use of force violates a priso...