In the transitional networked society, police power is no longer constrained by the borders of the nation state. It has globalised. Global Policing shows how security threats have been constructed by powerful actors to justify the creation of a new global policing architecture and how the subculture of policing shapes the world system.
Demonstrating how a theory of global policing is central to understanding global governance, the text explores:
- the 'new security agenda' focused on serious organised crime and terrorism and how this is transforming policing
- the creation of global organisations such as Interpol, regional entities such as Europol, and national policing agencies with a transnational reach
- the subculture of the 'global cops', blurring boundaries between police, private security, military and secret intelligence agencies
- the reality of transnational policing on the ground, its effectiveness, legitimacy, accountability and future development.
Written by two leading international experts who bring cutting-edge theoretical debates to life with case studies and examples, Global Policing will prove captivating reading for students and scholars in criminology, criminal justice, international relations, law and sociology.
Theorising Global Policing
The Problems of Global Policing
Policing Social Theory
Policing and the Social Contract
Policing and Political Theory
Policing and Law
Colonial Policing
Types of Transnational Policing
Conclusion: Policing an Insecure World
Policing and the Transnational-State-System
The Changing Morphology of the State
Jurisdictional Sovereignty and Functional Diversity in Policing
Agenda Setting and Transnational Policing Priorities
Legal Discourse and Law-Making in International Police Co-Operation
Developments in Europe
Developments in the United States
Multi-Agency Co-Operation: The Military, Security and Private Sectors
Conclusion: Policing the New World Order
The Global Policing Architecture
Global Police Agencies
Regional Police Agencies
National Policing Hubs
Private Transnational Policing
Global Policing
Conclusion
The Occupational Subcultures of Global Policing
Police Liaison Officers and the Transnational Space Between
Subcultural Theory and Policing
The Parameters of Policing Subculture
Meet the Global Cops
The Varied Occupational Character of Global Cops
Global Policing, Subculture and Accountability
Conclusion: Occupational Policing Subcultures - Global Thoughts/Local Acts
Global Policing in Practice
Policing Transnational Spaces
Policing Border Zones
Policing the Oceans
Policing Cyberspace
Policing Mega-Events
Policing Transnational Flows
Policing People: Migrants, Criminals, Terrorists and other Suspect Populations
Policing Drugs and Guns
Policing Money
Conclusion: The Consequences of Global Policing
Conclusion: The Global Cops Have Arrived
