Clifford Stott, MBE, is currently Professor of Policing and Research at the Open University and the Academic Director of the Centre for Police Learning and Research, one of the University's strategic research centres. He has held Visiting Professorships at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, Columbus, at Aarhus University in Denmark and Leeds University in the UK. He has also held a Senior Research Fellowship at University College London.

Edward R. Maguire is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, Phoenix, where he also directs the Public Safety Innovation Lab. He is Visiting Professor at the University of South Wales, UK, and Chair of the Research Advisory Board for the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).