Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know

Steven E. Barkan, PhD-University of Maine

Steven E. Barkan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maine. He has authored several textbooks in criminology, criminal justice and sociology, and has also published more than thirty journal articles and book chapters in his areas of interest. He is also a former president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

George J. Bryjak, PhD

George J. Bryjak received his Ph.D from the University of Oklahoma in 1980 and taught sociology at the University of San Diego for 24 years before retiring to the Adirondack Park region of New York state with his wife, Diane. He is the co-author of three sociology books (with Michael P. Soroka) and Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know (with Steven E. Barkan). He was the recipient of a summer Fulbright fellowship to India (1981) and was a visiting professor at a teacher’s college in Zakopane, Poland (1993). His many opinion pieces have appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, and the Los Angeles Daily News among other newspapers in the United States and Canada. Bryjak’s short plays have been produced in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Buffalo. He is the author of a short story collection: The Power of the Dark Goddess and Other Stories.