Ben M. Crouch is professor of sociology and also serves as executive
associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He has long-term research
and teaching interests in the sociology of corrections, crime and
delinquency and has published widely, particularly on social control and
change in prison settings. Books include The Keepers: Prison Guards and
Contemporary Corrections and An Appeal to Justice: Litigated Reform of
Texas Prisons. The latter received the Outstanding Book Award from the
Academy of Criminal Justice for 1991. He has also published in such
journals as Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Youth and Society, The Prison
Journal, Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Law and
Society. His current research involves investigating drug and criminal
behavior through surveys of incarcerated youths and adults in Texas prison.