About the authors

• Published date: 21 December 2010
• Date: 21 December 2010
• Pages: 185-187
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-6136(2010)0000015012

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

James J. Chriss received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of

Pennsylvania in 1994. He is currently Professor in the Department of

Sociology and Criminology at Cleveland State University. His latest book is

Beyond Community Policing: From Early American Beginnings to the 21st

Century (Paradigm Publishers, 2010).

Stuart Connor is a Lecturer in Social Policy, in the School of Social Policy,

University of Birmingham. Research and teaching interests include two

distinct, but related strands. The f‌irst involves developing and exploring the

use of critical social semiotic approaches in the analysis of ‘‘wealth,

inequalities, and welfare,’’ with a particular interest in examining attempts

at establishing and sustaining the legitimacy of welfare regimes. The second

involves the role of social movements and community-based approaches in

contemporary social welfare.

Matthias Gross is a Senior Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environ-

mental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, and Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent) in

sociology at the Martin Luther University Halle, Germany. He is the author

of f‌ive books, most recently Ignorance and Surprise: Science, Society, and

Ecological Desi gn (MIT Press, 2010), and numerous articles in the f‌ields of

environmental sociology, history of sociology, science and technology studies.

He is cofounder and editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Nature and

Culture.

Richard Huggins is the Associate Dean, Social Sciences and Law, Oxford

Brookes Universityand Jean Monnett Chair of European Political and Social

Geography. He has published a number of articles and chapters on

globalization, new media and politics and a number of books including New

Media and Politics (Sage) and Politics: An Introduction (Routledge). Over the

past 15 years he has undertakenvarious research projects related to substance

use and misuse, homelessness and social inclusion including studies of heroin

and crack cocaine use, needle exchange schemes, youth homelessness, and the

service needs of children whose parents are substance users. He is currently

completing a book on drug policy (Routledge).

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