James M. O'Kane taught at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey from 1967 until retiring in 2006. He has authored more than fifty articles as well as three books: Pamplona: A Sociological Analysis of Migration and Urban Adaptation Patterns (1981); The Crooked Ladder: Gangsters, Ethnicity, and the American Dream (1992) and Wicked Deeds: Murder in America (2005). He lives in Madison, New Jersey, with his wife Margaret.