Can a humanist criminologist be a sociologist?

Reflexive Statement Here I reflect on my career as a criminologist, focusing on a failed attempt to become recognized as a legitimate sociologist, and on how I have found community in the company of members of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Hal Pepinsky is Professor of Criminal Justice, at Indiana University. His latest book, A Criminologist’s Quest For Peace, is available free-of-charge at http://www.critcrim.org/critpapers/pepinsky-book.htm.