Description
The fear of increasing crime, the process of dismantling frontier controls within the European Union, and the new framework for political co-operation in the Maastricht Treaty, have all sharply focused concerns for more effective policing of the new Europe. Policing Europe examines the historical background to the current situation and analyses the development of the main practical. theoretical and political questions posed by greater police co- operation: issues of the relationship between police agencies and national governments, the exchange of personal information between countries and data protection, and accountability and civil liberties.It presents a critique of traditional justifications for police co-operation, such as terrorism, drug trafficking and illegal immigration, and argues that an adequate understanding of the policing of Europe must be sought in the complex interplay between such justifications, the interests of European Union member states, and national police agencies and new police information technologies.
Policing Europe draws together a wealth of diverse and original European material and is one of the first up-to-date treatments of an exciting and emerging subject. It is essential reading for academics and practitioners in public and social policy, policing and criminal justice, and European studies.
ISBN: 9780333600078
