Christian W. Gallagher has a BA in English from Cornell University and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana State University. He is also a graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. He is currently a detective sergeant with the Terre Haute Police Department, where he has served for more than twenty-five years. During that career, he has served as a patrolman, an undercover narcotics detective, a patrol supervisor, and a violent crime investigator. In addition to his police duties, Christian is a lecturer at Indiana State University, where he teaches in the School of Criminology and Security Studies. His research interests include the literature of George Orwell, legislative drug policy, technology in law enforcment, and the history of policing in the United States.