A. Javier Trevino is Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College. He is the author and editor of several books including The Social Thought of C. Wright Mills (2012); Classic Writings in Law and Society, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (2010); Talcott Parsons on Law and the Legal System (2008); George C. Homans: History, Theory, and Method (2006); Understanding Crime: A Multidisciplinary Approach (edited with Susan Guarino-Ghezzi) (Anderson Publishing, 2005); Goffman's Legacy (2003); Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology (2001); and The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives (1996). He received his Ph.D. from Boston College, his M.A. from Northern Arizona University, and his B.A. from the University of North Texas. He has served as President of the Justice Studies Association (20002002), President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (20102011), and was a Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Moldova (2009).

Richard Quinney is a renowned American sociologist, writer, and photographer known for his philosophical and critical approach to crime and social justice. After earning his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, he taught at several universities on the East Coast and in the Midwest. He is author of several books, including Criminal Behavior Systems (first published in 1967), The Problem of Crime (1970), The Social Reality of Crime (1974), Critique of Legal Order (1974), Criminology (1975), Class, State, and Crime (1977), Providence (1980), Social Existence (1982), Criminology as Peacemaking (1991), Erich Fromm and Critical Criminology (2000), Bearing Witness to Crime and Social Justice (2000), and Storytelling Sociology (2004). He was awarded the prestigious Edwin Sutherland Award in 1984 by the American Society of Criminology for his contributions to criminological theory. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Northern Illinois University.

The late Marshall Clinard was Quinneys coauthor on the first, second, and third editions of Criminal Behavior Systems. The late John Wildeman joined them on the third edition.

Books by A. Javier Trevino