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This is being recorded by cspan for later broadcast on booktv, so we ask that you take this moment to silence your cell phones. When we get to the questions and comments portion of the program, please wait for the microphone so that you may be heard and recorded. Following the presentation there will be book sales and signing in the atrium of our chapel, and a wine and cheese reception will also follow. Or authors tonight are dr. John carl and mary looman. Doctor karl is a system professor at the university of oklahoma where he teaches a variety of courses, including criminology and criminal justice. Is social Work Experience includes the prison context and a variety of medical settings. He is the author of think sociology, think social problems, and a short introduction to the u. S. Census. Dr. Looman is a psychologist and works with the Oklahoma Department of corrections at the reception center, and is an adjunct professor at the university of oklahoma where she teaches courses with