| Institution: | * The authors would like to thank the Economic and Social Research Council and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for support of this comparative effort. They also acknowledge the support of the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Deutsche Forschungsgemanschaft for their support of the initial Scottish and German research The paper has benefited from the comments of the anonymous reviewers and the editor of the British Journal of Criminology Correspondence regarding this paper should be addressed to R P Dobash, Dept of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Surling, Suirling FK9 4LA |
