V. M. (Vincent Myron) Masten

V. M. Masten, also published as Vincent Myron Masten, was an American author whose surviving books focus on crime, correction, and rehabilitation. Public-domain and library records connect his name with works including The Crime Problem: What to Do About It, How to Do It, Criminal Types, and Crime and Correction.

Several records also identify him as “Col. Vincent Myron Masten,” and one later reprint is tied to Military Training at the New York State Reformatory, suggesting that his writing grew out of hands-on institutional experience rather than purely academic study. That background helps explain the practical, policy-minded tone of his books, which look at offenders, punishment, and reform through the lens of early 1900s criminal justice.

Reliable biographical detail about his personal life is limited in the sources I could confirm during this search, so it is safest to remember him mainly for his contributions to historical criminology and correctional literature.