Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations

by Peter Andreas, Ethan Nadelmann

Overview

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. The internationalization 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. Andreas and Nadelmann challenge this conventional view as at best incomplete and at worst misleading. The internationalization of policing, they demonstrate, primarily reflects ambitious efforts by generations of western powers to export their own definitions of "crime," not just for political and economic gain but also in an attempt to promote their own morals to other parts of the world. A thought-provoking analysis of the historical expansion and recent dramatic acceleration of international crime control, Policing the Globe provides a much-needed bridge between criminal justice and international relations on a topic of crucial public importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199879878
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/31/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Peter Andreas is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University. Ethan Nadelmann is Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Internationalization of Crime Control     3
The History and Study of International Crime Control     4
Narratives of International Crime Control     7
The Plan of the Book     13
Criminalization through Global Prohibitions     17
The Nature and Evolution of Global Prohibition Regimes     17
Piracy and Privateering     22
Slavery and the Slave Trade     27
Prostitution ("White Slavery")     33
International Drug Trafficking     37
Endangered Species     46
New and Emerging Global Prohibitions     51
European Origins of International Crime Control     59
The "High Police" and the "Low Police"     61
The Emergence of International Criminal Law Enforcement in Europe     64
The Development of Criminal Investigative Bodies     76
Multilateralism in European Policing     79
The Origins of Interpol     87
The Modern Era of European Police Cooperation     96
U.S. Origins of International Crime Control     105
The Beginnings of U.S. Involvement in International Crime Control     107
Policing Slavery     110
The Emergence of Federal Law Enforcement     111
Policing Borders     116
The Early International Law Enforcement Activities of City Police     120
The Early Years of U.S. Drug Enforcement Abroad     123
U.S. International Crime Control during the Cold War     124
The Expansion of U.S. Drug Enforcement Abroad     128
The FBI Abroad     132
The Activities of Other U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies Abroad     134
The Internationalization of Evidence Gathering     141
International Asset Forfeiture and Anti-Money Laundering Initiatives     147
The International Rendition of Fugitives     149
Continuity and Change in U.S. International Crime Control     154
International Crime Control after the Cold War     157
From Cold War to Crime War: The Fusion of U.S. Policing and Security     157
The Buildup of U.S. Border Controls     165
Beyond the Border: The Expanding Global Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement     169
Policing an Integrating Europe after the Cold War     174
Shifting Security Concerns and the Making of "Schengenland"     177
Turning the EU's Eastern Neighbors into Buffer Zones     182
Building EU Law Enforcement Institutions     185
International Crime Control after September 11      189
Expanding U.S. Policing Powers in a New Security Context     191
From the U.S.-Led War on Drugs to the War on Terror     194
Hardening, Internationalizing, and Digitizing U.S. Border Controls     199
The Return of Counterterrorism to Center Stage in European Policing     210
The Growth of Transatlantic Law Enforcement Cooperation     217
Past, Present, and Future Trajectories     223
The Primacy of Criminalization     224
Homogenization and the Future of Global Prohibitions     226
Regularization and the Fate of International Police Cooperation     231
Securitization and Desecuritization     235
The Europeanization of International Crime Control     237
The Americanization of International Crime Control     241
State Power, Globalization, and Transnational Crime     245
Lessons and Implications     250
Notes     255
Index     319

Editorial Reviews

"[A] pioneering look at the internationalization of twentieth-century policing...a needed corrective to sensationalistic reports on the global illicit sphere."—Qualitative Sociology

"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the policing of transnational crime—the dark side of globalization."—George Soros, Founder and Chairman, Open Society Institute

"This is the book we have been waiting for since 9/11—a historically rich, thematically cogent, politically nuanced, up-to-date analysis of the international politics of policing. Andreas and Nadelmann provide an authoritative account with extraordinary insights" — Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

"With intelligence, deep learning, and clarity of exposition, Andreas and Nadelmann critically assess international cooperation against cross-border crime. This book sets a new standard in our understanding of international policing as it addresses some of the central worries of our time." — Jorge I. Dominguez, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

"Policing the Globe by Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann is an absolutely first-rate examination of a subject as vastly important to international relations as it is to criminal law. Much of the future of both fields is described thoroughly and carefully in this always-readable volume. The handling is remarkably balanced, comprehensive, rich, and complex, yet entirely lucid. A subject that cannot continue to be ignored has received the treatment it deserves." — Philip Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard University

"Every serious student of international organized crime in particular and international crime control in general should make the reading of Policing the Globe by Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann a priority."—Michael Woodiwiss, International Criminal Justice Review

"As global criminal networks—terrorists, money launderers, traffickers in drugs, arms, and people—take advantage of globalization just as corporate and non-governmental networks do, internationalizing criminal justice becomes indispensable. Policing the Globe is an important and interesting read not only for international relations scholars and criminologists, but also for a wider public." — Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

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