Dr. Jacqueline Ross

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Jacqueline E. Ross is the Prentice H. Marshall Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law. She has extensively researched areas such as criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, and comparative law, focusing particularly on law enforcement and intelligence-led policing practices in both the United States and Western Europe. Her notable publications include 'Urban Vice Regulation Compared,' which examines American and French regulatory approaches to undercover policing, and 'Making Sense of Youth Crime,' which compares police intelligence approaches in the United States and France. Ross has contributed significantly to the field through her editorial roles in prominent legal journals and her involvement in transatlantic seminars on policing. She worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and spent nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago and Boston, gaining extensive trial and appellate experience. Ross is fluent in German, French, Italian, and Spanish, enhancing her research in comparative legal studies.

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