Policing the European Union

About this book

International co-operation in criminal law enforcement is a policy issue of central importance for Europe in the 1990s. In criminal matters, when a decision is taken to go beyond the discretionary exchange of information towards institutionalized police co-operation, a Pandora's box of issues and problems is opened. This book, based on interviews and a wide variety of documentary sources. examines the progress of this co-operation. The authors cover all the major and theoretical issues associated with the emerging pattern of co-operation, including the harmonization of criminal law and criminal procedure, law enforcement strategies, police organization and discipline, and the politics or immigration and civil liberties.