GRAHAM ELLISON is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University, Belfast, UK. He is the co-author (with Jim Smyth) of The Crowned Harp: Policing Northern Ireland. NATHAN W. PINO is Professor of the Department of Sociology at Texas State University in San Marcos, USA. He is co-editor (with Michael Wiatrowski) of Democratic Policing in Transitional and Developing Countries.