Luigi Esposito is a professor and cochair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. He has coedited three books and published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on issues related to neoliberalism, race and ethnic relations, medicalization, social theory, gun politics, globalization, and ethics.

Fernando M. Perez is a professor and cochair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented widely at professional conferences on topics including consumerism/privatization, drug policy, mass violence, and medicalization.