Global Policing

Ben Bowling is Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at King′s College London where he served as Acting Dean and Deputy Dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law (2014-16). Prior to joining King’s as Lecturer in Law in 1999, Ben was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York) and Senior Research Officer in the Home Office. He has held visiting positions at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, Humboldt University, University of Paris 2, University of the West Indies, Monash, and the East China University of Political Science and Law. Ben’s research examines practical, political and legal problems in policing and the connections between local and global police power. His work exploring themes of fairness, effectiveness and accountability has been published in the Modern Law Review, Criminal Law Review and Theoretical Criminology and in recent books – Policing the Caribbean, Global Policing, Stop & Search: Police Power in Global Context. His most recent book is the 5th edition of the Politics of the Police with James Sheptycki and Robert Reiner (OUP)Ben Bowling submitted written evidence to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (1999) and to the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2007 and 2020. Has been an adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Interpol and the United Nations. He was awarded the Radzinowicz Memorial Prize for the best article in the British Journal of Criminology in 1999 and was elected a Fellow the Academy of Social Sciences in 2005. His special research expertise revolves around issues of transnational crime and policing. He has written on a variety of substantive criminological topics including domestic violence, serial killers, money laundering, drugs, public order policing, organized crime, police accountability, intelligence-led policing, witness protection, risk and insecurity. He is currently engaged in research concerning ‘guns, crime and social order’.

This book is a massively impressive intellectual achievement, by two authors whose earlier work has established them as leading experts on globalisation’s impact on policing. Compact, clear, readable yet scholarly, this book brings to fruition their extensive empirical research projects on transnational policing in a highly informative, empirically grounded, sophisticated theoretical synthesis. It is a must-read for anyone in the policing field, around the globe.

• Theorising Global PolicingThe Problems of Global PolicingPolicing Social TheoryPolicing and the Social ContractPolicing and Political TheoryPolicing and LawColonial PolicingTypes of Transnational PolicingConclusion: Policing an Insecure WorldPolicing and the Transnational-State-SystemThe Changing Morphology of the StateJurisdictional Sovereignty and Functional Diversity in PolicingAgenda Setting and Transnational Policing PrioritiesLegal Discourse and Law-Making in International Police Co-OperationDevelopments in EuropeDevelopments in the United StatesMulti-Agency Co-Operation: The Military, Security and Private SectorsConclusion: Policing the New World OrderThe Global Policing ArchitectureGlobal Police AgenciesRegional Police AgenciesNational Policing HubsPrivate Transnational PolicingGlobal PolicingConclusionThe Occupational Subcultures of Global PolicingPolice Liaison Officers and the Transnational Space BetweenSubcultural Theory and PolicingThe Parameters of Policing SubcultureMeet the Global CopsThe Varied Occupational Character of Global CopsGlobal Policing, Subculture and AccountabilityConclusion: Occupational Policing Subcultures - Global Thoughts/Local ActsGlobal Policing in PracticePolicing Transnational SpacesPolicing Border ZonesPolicing the OceansPolicing CyberspacePolicing Mega-EventsPolicing Transnational FlowsPolicing People: Migrants, Criminals, Terrorists and other Suspect PopulationsPolicing Drugs and GunsPolicing MoneyConclusion: The Consequences of Global PolicingConclusion: The Global Cops Have Arrived