Helen Greene is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. She completed her B.S. degree in sociology at Howard University, an M.S. in the Administration of Justice at The American University, an M.A. in political science and Ph.D. in criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is co-author with Shaun Gabbidon of African Criminological Thought (2000) and co-editor with Gabiddon and Vernetta Young of African-American Classics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Sage, 2001).