Police cooperation in the European Union : a comparative analysis of European level institutional and organisational developments and national level policies and structures
Police cooperation in the European Union : a comparative analysis of European level institutional and organisational developments and national level policies and structures
Transnational police cooperation in Europe has developed largely in the absence of intergovernmental agreement with limited democratic political control, away from public scrutiny or academic enquiry. It is characterised by a large number of overlapping and uncoordinated practitioner led initiatives, the remit, effectiveness and accountability of which are largely unknown.
This thesis examines, initially, European integration theory and tries to locate European police cooperation within it. It discusses and classifies the available body of academic literature on the subject. The study continues by analysing the history and development of the major existing structures engaged in transnational police cooperation: Interpol, Schengen and Europol. It contributes a new examination of Interpol's relationship with the UN and the organisation's unsuccessful attempts to amend its constitution to become an intergovernmental body. New research is also provided into cross border policing bodies such as the EAASP and NEBEDEAG-Pol.
In five case studies the thesis explores European police cooperation from the perspectives of national police forces. Following a discussion of each country's political position in Europe and an outline of the structure of its national police, the case studies provide new research material on the rules governing international police cooperation in each state and the mechanisms available and methods by which police forces communicate and cooperate transnationally. Finally, the thesis discusses police and government interaction in the policy area of international policing.
University of Southampton
Swallow, Paul
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1998
Swallow, Paul
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Swallow, Paul
(1998)
Police cooperation in the European Union : a comparative analysis of European level institutional and organisational developments and national level policies and structures.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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Transnational police cooperation in Europe has developed largely in the absence of intergovernmental agreement with limited democratic political control, away from public scrutiny or academic enquiry. It is characterised by a large number of overlapping and uncoordinated practitioner led initiatives, the remit, effectiveness and accountability of which are largely unknown.
This thesis examines, initially, European integration theory and tries to locate European police cooperation within it. It discusses and classifies the available body of academic literature on the subject. The study continues by analysing the history and development of the major existing structures engaged in transnational police cooperation: Interpol, Schengen and Europol. It contributes a new examination of Interpol's relationship with the UN and the organisation's unsuccessful attempts to amend its constitution to become an intergovernmental body. New research is also provided into cross border policing bodies such as the EAASP and NEBEDEAG-Pol.
In five case studies the thesis explores European police cooperation from the perspectives of national police forces. Following a discussion of each country's political position in Europe and an outline of the structure of its national police, the case studies provide new research material on the rules governing international police cooperation in each state and the mechanisms available and methods by which police forces communicate and cooperate transnationally. Finally, the thesis discusses police and government interaction in the policy area of international policing.
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