Calvin Redekop, Ph.D., is a retired professor of social sciences and the author of numerous books. A widower, he has three sons and lives in Harrisonburg, VA, where he is active in several local businesses.

Terry Beitzel, Ph.D., is professor of Justice Studies at James Madison University, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Responsibility.

Both authors have extensive personal experience with the practice of voluntary justice.