O'Kane, James M.

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.