1. It's a wonderful life : reflections on a career in progress / Francis T. Cullen -- 2. Reflections of a reluctant but committed criminologist / Charles R. Tittle -- 3. Surrounded by crime : lessons from one academic career / Malcolm W. Klein -- 4. The good boy in a high-delinquency area - 40 years later / Frank R. Scarpitti -- 5. Learning how to learn and its sequelae / Joan McCord -- 6. Looking for meaning in all the right places : the search for academic satisfaction / Gary T. Marx -- 7. Ignoring warnings, I become a criminologist / Jackson Toby -- 8. My life in "crim" / John Irwin -- 9. Criminologist as witness / Richard Quinney -- 10. Reflections of an African-American criminologist / Julius Debro -- 11. Looking back on 40-plus years of a professional career / Rita J. Simon -- 12. Unwinding : reflections on a career / James F. Short, Jr. -- 13. Doing well in the slow lane / Don C. Gibbons.