Rick Ruddell

Rick Ruddell is the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. Dr. Ruddell has experience as a supervisor and manager within the Department of Corrections and Public Safety in Saskatchewan, Canada, and served as Associate Professor of Political Science at the California State University, Chico. His research has been published in over 30 scholarly articles and focuses on corrections and criminal justice policy. Rick...See more

Rick Ruddell is the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. Dr. Ruddell has experience as a supervisor and manager within the Department of Corrections and Public Safety in Saskatchewan, Canada, and served as Associate Professor of Political Science at the California State University, Chico. His research has been published in over 30 scholarly articles and focuses on corrections and criminal justice policy. Rick Ruddell is co-author of Making Sense of Criminal Justice, author of America Behind Bars: Trends in Imprisonment, 1950 to 2000, and co-editor of Issues in Correctional Health. See less