Bruce L. Berg is professor of criminal justice at California State University, Long Beach where he has served as department chair, graduate adviser, and director of interdisciplinary studies. Previously he was a professor of criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston Harbor Campus. He also served as the internship director and faculty member at Florida State University’s School of Criminology. Dr. Berg received his PhD in sociology from Syracuse University. He has published more than three dozen articles, essays, and book chapters in the areas of policing, deviance, elder abuse, criminology, and research methods. He is the author of Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, Law Enforcement: An Introduction to Policing in Society, and coauthor of Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Applications and Practice. Dr. Berg has been an active member of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences since 1983. He has presented numerous papers and workshops at meetings of these associations and served on several committees. Dr. Berg has repeatedly traveled to China to observe police training there.