International co-operation on criminal law enforcement has become an important policy issue for Europe. This study examines the major empirical and theoretical issues associated with this co-operation, including the harmonization of criminal law and criminal procedures.
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.
'This work deals with all the major issues associated with the emergence of an ideal model of cooperation that would include the harmonization of criminal law, law enforcement strategies, police organization, immigration and civil liberties.'
