Do the Crime, Do the Time

G. Larry Mays, PhD, is Regents Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. He has taught at East Tennessee State University (1975-79), Appalachian State University (1979-81), and New Mexico State University (1981-2010). He was a police officer in Knoxville, TN, in the early 1970s and received his doctorate in political science from the University of Tennessee. Mays is author or editor of 18 books and nearly 100 scholarly articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and practitioner publications. Rick Ruddell, PhD, is Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair in Police Studies and faculty in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has previously served as director of operational research with the Correctional Service of Canada, and held faculty positions at Eastern Kentucky University and California State University, Chico. Ruddell received his doctorate in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and his research has focused upon policing, criminal justice policy, and juvenile justice.