Piers Beirne
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Summer 2012
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I have taught sociology and criminology in England, Ireland and the U.S., where I am currently Professor of Criminology and Legal Studies at the University of Southern Maine. I like to sail, kayak and windsurf, and dream (forlornly, I suspect) of redoing an 11,000 mile trip on a Triumph motorcycle. Despite trying quite hard, I play the fiddle very badly.
At U.S.M I teach courses on Introduction to Criminology (CRM100J); Animal Abuse (CRM 327/SOC380); and Comparative Criminology (CRM401).
Education
PH.D in sociology from Durham University, England
Recent Publications
My published books include Issues in Green Criminology (2007, edited with Nigel South, Willan Publishing) and an edited 6-volume reprint series, The Chicago School of Criminology 1914-1945 (2006, Routledge). Books in press include Criminology (2010, fifth edition, with Jim Messerschmidt, Oxford University Press) and Confronting Animal Abuse: Reflections on law, cruelty and speciesism (Rowman and Littlefield). In 1997 I was the founding co-editor of the journal Theoretical Criminology.
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