Michael J. DeValve is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Bridgewater State University. His scholarly focus is on the nexus of justice and love. In addition, DeValve has written about justice organization capacity building and conflict resolution. He is the author of numerous works, including A Different Justice: Love and the Future of Criminal Justice Practice in America and Personal Ethics and Ordinary Heroes: The Social Context of Morality (Routledge, 2021). He has been teaching analyzing criminal justice data for many years using the concepts in this text.