Policing the World
Interpol and the Politics of International Police Co-operation
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:24th Aug '89
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The need for co-operation between the police forces of the world has never been greater: there is a huge growth in international drug-trafficking and terrorism, and many social and economic activities are becoming increasingly internationalized. Interpol is the oldest and best-known institution for tackling these problems - but is it right for today's conditions, or should it be supplanted by new arrangements? In this, the first scholarly study of Interpol, and of other contemporary forms of police co-operation across national boundaries, Malcolm Anderson discusses the proliferation of different forms of co-operation. He recognizes that contact between police forces of sovereign independent states has always been a sensitive matter and analyses uncertainty about how far police co-operation can go. He also examines the shadowy role of the security services and the influence of different forms of training on police attitudes. His book will be the indispensable starting-point for any future serious attempt to address these crucial issues of international policing.
`a scholarly, thoughtful, and lucid book' `a masterly exposition of the historical and contemporary development of Interpol' `Anderson shows a degree of sophistication not matched in any other work on this subject.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'Professor Anderson has performed the useful service of collecting and disseminating information not previously available, particularly in English.' Laurence Lustgarten, Political Quarterly, Vol. 61.2, April/June 1990
'Obviously, the author has approached the key people in the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), and has digested and then reproduced the information in a cogent, readable and interesting form. Indeed, this is a book that will make interesting and highly informative reading for many police officers and academics whose daily tasks do not involve them directly in such matters.' Ian Oliver, Chief Constable, Grampian Police, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter '91
'This work deals with all the major issues associated with the emergence of an ideal model of cooperation that would include the harmonization or criminal law, law enforcement strategies, police organization, immigration and civil liberties.' * European Library *
'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.'
ISBN: 9780198275978
Dimensions: 224mm x 144mm x 17mm
Weight: 376g
222 pages