Cyrille Fijnaut is a former Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, KU Leuven and Tilburg University. He is a leading expert on the transatlantic history of criminology, the containment of organised crime and terrorism, comparative criminal procedure and police law, and the history of policing in Europe and the Low Countries.

"[...] the book is an impressive, authoritative overview of the development of police and judicial cooperation in Europe and in the European Union." -- Valsamis Mitsilegas, Common Market Law Review, 2021

• Chapter 1. General Introduction (p. 1)Part I. The Historical Background to Police and Judicial Cooperation in the European UnionChapter 2. Police and Judicial Cooperation in Europe Up to the End of the Second World War (p. 7)Chapter 3. Police and Judicial Cooperation in Europe after the Second World War (p. 63)Part II. The Foundation of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the European UnionChapter 4. The Treaty of Maastricht and the Brussels Programme (p. 143)Chapter 5. The Treaty of Amsterdam and the Tampere Programme (p. 205)Chapter 6. The Treaty of Rome and the Hague Programme (p. 311)Part III. The Current State of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the European UnionChapter 7. The Treaty of Lisbon and the Stockholm Programme (p. 439)Chapter 8. The Treaty of Lisbon and the European Agenda on Security (p. 583)Chapter 9. Conclusion (p. 719)