The Authors/Les auteurs

Sally Lindsay is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social, Cultural and Policy Research, University of Salford, UK. Her research interests include sociology of health, occupations/professions, social inequality, and gender issues. She has recently published “The care-tech link: An examination of gender, carework and technical skill in health care labor,” Gender, Work and Organization (2008, in press); “Pathways into substitute health care labor,” in P. Tolana, ed, Decision-Making in Medicine and Health Care. New York: Nova Science Publishers (2007); and “Gender differences in the practice location of mid-level health care providers.” Journal of Rural Health 23(1):72–76, 2007.

S.Lindsay@salford.ac.uk

Christopher Murphy is Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, Halifax. His current research and teaching interests lie in the sociology of policing, security and governance, social and criminal justice, and social policy research. He is currently engaged in research on international policing and governance, the impact of security on public policing and the policing of migration and immigrant communities in Canada. Some recent publications include: (with C. Clark) “Communities of policing and policing communities: A comparative study of policing in two urban communities,” in D. Cooley, ed., Re-Imagining Policing in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005 and “Police studies go global.” Police Quarterly 8(1): 137–145, 2005.