Larry S. Miller is Distinguished Professor and former Chair in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. He received his Bachelor of Science from ETSU, Master of Science from Eastern Kentucky University, and Ph.D. in Health and Safety with collaterals in Forensic Anthropology and Criminology from The University of Tennessee. Miller, who has worked as a police officer, criminal investigator, and crime laboratory director, teaches in the area of law enforcement. He is also co-author of Effective Police Supervision, Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past, Crime Scene Investigation, Police Photography, Huber and Headrick's Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals, and more.

John T. Whitehead is Professor Emeritus and former Chair in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. He completed his M.A. at the University of Notre Dame and earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany. He has published articles about corrections, probation, and the death penalty. He is also co-author of Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Ethics in Criminal Justice: The Search for the Truth, Corrections: Exploring Crime, Punishment, and Justice in America, Sexual Abuse Within the Church: Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention, and more.