About the Author: JENNIFER BROWN is Reader in Psychology at the University of Surrey. She was Head of Research at Hampshire Constabulary for eight years and has researched and published extensively on policing. FRANCES HEIDENSOHN has written and researched extensively on crime, social control and gender and has especial interest in comparative studies. She is Professor of Social Policy at Goldsmiths College, University of London and is the author of many books, including Crime and Society, Women and Crime (now in its second edition), and Women in Control?.