PIERS BEIRNE received his PH.D, in sociology from Durham University, England. He is Professor of Criminology and Legal Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to working in Maine he taught sociology and criminology in England, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of Connecticut-Storrs. He teaches courses on Criminology (CRM215), Crime in Maine (CRM317); Criminological Theory (CRM301); Animal Abuse (CRM 350); and Comparative Criminology (CRM401).
      His books include an edited 6-volume reprint series The Chicago School of Criminology 1914-1945 (2006, Routledge); Criminology (2006, with Jim Messerschmidt); Issues in Comparative Criminology. (1997, with David Nelken); The Origins and Growth of Criminology: Essays on Intellectual History, 1760-1945 (1994); Inventing Criminology: Essays on the Rise of `Homo Criminalis' (1993); Comparative Criminology: an Annotated Bibliography (1991, with Joan Hill); Revolution in Law: Contributions to the Development of Soviet Legal Theory, 1917-1938 (1990); Stuchka: Selected Writings on Soviet Law and Marxism (1988, with Robert Sharlet and Peter B.Maggs); Marxism and Law (1982, with Richard Quinney); Pashukanis: Selected Writings on Marxism and Law. (1980, with Robert Sharlet); and Fair Rent and Legal Fiction (1977). With Colin Sumner, he is the founding co-editor of the journal Theoretical Criminology.
      He likes to sail, kayak and windsurf, and dreams of redoing his 11,000 mile trip on a Triumph motorcycle.

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