author
V. M. (Vincent Myron) Masten
An early-20th-century writer on crime and criminal justice, he explored why people offend and how society responds. His books mix social criticism, reform-minded argument, and the language of his era.
1 Audiobook
Criminal Types
by V. M. (Vincent Myron) Masten
About the author
Vincent Myron Masten, often published as V. M. Masten or Col. V. M. Masten, wrote about crime, criminals, and correction in the United States in the early 1900s. Records for his books show works including The Crime Problem (1909), Stop Thief (1921), Criminal Types (1922), and Crime and Correction (1923), which suggests a sustained interest in criminal behavior and penal reform over many years.
His writing aimed at a broad readership rather than a purely academic audience. In Criminal Types, for example, he presented a semi-technical discussion of criminals and the social forces around crime, reflecting the reform debates of his time. Today, his work is mainly of interest as a historical window into early American thinking about criminology and correction.
A memorial record identifies him as COL Vincent Myron Masten (1861–1935). Reliable biographical detail beyond his published work appears limited in the sources I could confirm, so much of his profile has to be pieced together from library catalogs, public-domain editions, and archival records.