BILL HEBENTON is Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Manchester. Between 1985 and 1991 he was a researcher on policing and community safety issues. He is co-author (with Terry Thomas) of Criminal Records: State, Citizen and the Politics of Protection.
TERRY THOMAS is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Leeds Metropolitan University. He has a particular interest in socio-legal and police studies, and for ten years was a social work practitioner. He is author of The Police and Social Workers.