Dean Wilson is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Criminology at the Plymouth Law School, University of Plymouth. His research interests include the impact of biometrics on border control, police interactions with victims of crime, and the role of surveillance in the structuring of security. He has published widely on policing, CCTV in Australian public spaces and biometrics. He is the Oceania editor for the online journal Surveillance & Society and the editor (with Clive Norris) of Surveillance, Crime and Social Control (2006).