Policing the World: Interpol and the Politics of International Police Co-Operation

ISBN-13: 9780198275978 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 224 str.

Malcolm Anderson

Opis

Interpol, the oldest and best-known institution fostering cooperation among the police forces of the world, tackles drug trafficking, terrorism, and other modern day criminal activities. Recently, however, speculation has arisen: is it the most effective organization for today's global conditions, or should it be supplanted by new arrangements? In this first scholarly study of Interpol, and of other contemporary forms of police cooperation across national boundaries, Anderson discusses the proliferation of different forms of cooperation, such as the exchange of intelligence about crimes and criminals and joint surveillance of suspects and the investigation of crimes. Recognizing that contact between police forces of sovereign independent states has always been sensitive, he analyzes uncertainty as to the extent of police cooperation, and examines the shadowy role of security forces and the influence of different forms of training on police attitudes.

Recenzje

'This book provides a succint evaluation of what is the most intractable problem confronting future European convergence...This enlightening study identifies the real problems which still confront those who seek a supra-national European Union.'

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; The background; The discreet history of Interpol; The legal basis of Interpol; Interpol as an international organization; Drugs and international law enforcement; The terrorist factor; Bilateral police co-operation Models of international police co-operation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index