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Policing the Globe Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations

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ISBN-10: 0195341953

ISBN-13: 9780195341959

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter Andreas, Ethan Nadelmann

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In this illuminating history that spans past campaigns against piracy and slavery to contemporary campaigns against drug trafficking and transnational terrorism, Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann explain how and why prohibitions and policing practices increasingly extend across borders. Theinternationalization of crime control is too often described as simply a natural and predictable response to the growth of transnational crime in an age of globalization. The internationalization of policing, they demonstrate, primarily reflects ambitious efforts by generations of western powers toexport their own definitions of "crime," not just for political and economic gain but also in an attempt to…    
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Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.29" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Introduction: The Internationalization of Crime Control
The History and Study of International Crime Control
Narratives of International Crime Control
The Plan of the Book
Criminalization through Global Prohibitions
The Nature and Evolution of Global Prohibition Regimes
Piracy and Privateering
Slavery and the Slave Trade
Prostitution ("White Slavery")
International Drug Trafficking
Endangered Species
New and Emerging Global Prohibitions
European Origins of International Crime Control
The "High Police" and the "Low Police"
The Emergence of International Criminal Law Enforcement in Europe
The Development of Criminal Investigative Bodies
Multilateralism in European Policing
The Origins of Interpol
The Modern Era of European Police Cooperation
U.S. Origins of International Crime Control
The Beginnings of U.S. Involvement in International Crime Control
Policing Slavery
The Emergence of Federal Law Enforcement
Policing Borders
The Early International Law Enforcement Activities of City Police
The Early Years of U.S. Drug Enforcement Abroad
U.S. International Crime Control during the Cold War
The Expansion of U.S. Drug Enforcement Abroad
The FBI Abroad
The Activities of Other U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies Abroad
The Internationalization of Evidence Gathering
International Asset Forfeiture and Anti-Money Laundering Initiatives
The International Rendition of Fugitives
Continuity and Change in U.S. International Crime Control
International Crime Control after the Cold War
From Cold War to Crime War: The Fusion of U.S. Policing and Security
The Buildup of U.S. Border Controls
Beyond the Border: The Expanding Global Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement
Policing an Integrating Europe after the Cold War
Shifting Security Concerns and the Making of "Schengenland"
Turning the EU's Eastern Neighbors into Buffer Zones
Building EU Law Enforcement Institutions
International Crime Control after September 11
Expanding U.S. Policing Powers in a New Security Context
From the U.S.-Led War on Drugs to the War on Terror
Hardening, Internationalizing, and Digitizing U.S. Border Controls
The Return of Counterterrorism to Center Stage in European Policing
The Growth of Transatlantic Law Enforcement Cooperation
Past, Present, and Future Trajectories
The Primacy of Criminalization
Homogenization and the Future of Global Prohibitions
Regularization and the Fate of International Police Cooperation
Securitization and Desecuritization
The Europeanization of International Crime Control
The Americanization of International Crime Control
State Power, Globalization, and Transnational Crime
Lessons and Implications
Notes
Index