Frank P. Williams III is Professor Emeritus, California State University-San Bernardino and a Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He has published a number of articles, research monographs, encyclopedias, and books in areas ranging from criminological theory to correctional management.  His books include Statistical Concepts for Criminal Justice and Criminology (Prentice Hall, 2008) and Imagining Criminology (Taylor & ... Read moreFrancis, 1999), and he is co-author of A Thesis Resource Guide for Criminology and Criminal Justice (Prentice Hall, 2008), and the three-volume edited set Youth Violence and Delinquency: Monsters and Myths (Praeger, 2008). Marilyn D. McShane was formerly a professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown.  She has been co-principal investigator in a number of correctional research grants and her published work includes journal articles, monographs, encyclopedias and books on a wide range of criminological and criminal justice subjects. Recent materials she has authored, coauthored and edited include: Women and Criminal Justice (Aspen Publishers, 2014); Criminological Theory, 6th Edition (Pearson, 2014); A Thesis Resource Guide for Criminology and Criminal Justice (Prentice Hall, 2008); Understanding Juvenile Justice and Delinquency (Praeger, 2016); and American Victimology (LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2011). Show Less