Paul Leighton Eastern Michigan University, USA
Paul Leighton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He is a co-author of the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison (12th ed, 2020). He is also a co-author of Class, Race, Gender & Crime (5th ed, 2018). Leighton was also a co-author of Punishment for Sale: Private prisons, Big Business and the Incarceration Binge (Rowman & Littlefield 2010). He has been an editor of Critical Criminology: An International Journal, and has delivered many invited keynote addresses in the U.S., Canada and Norway. He is a past President of the Board of SafeHouse and is currently heads the advisory board of the food pantry serving the university.
