| CODE | CRM1017 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Police Cooperation in Europe | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides a general introduction to cooperation among police forces in Europe and how globalisation has brought about this important need. It aims to start off with a historical analysis of the successive forms of police cooperation from TREVI (the consultative body of the then European Community which dealt with matters of internal security) to Europol. This study-unit shall also discuss the decisions behind the creation of these European organisations and explains how as soon as there was an attack on the establishment of the European countries in the form of terrorism, there was an incentive to establish more police cooperation. Finally, this study-unit shall also bring together the difficulties presented in harmonising police procedures across all the member states in order to engage more in intelligence sharing to combat crime. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: • Familiarize students with the creation of TREVI and other groups/organisations as the right steps towards deepening European collaboration on crime fighting; • Examine particularly the Third Pillar of the EU as the pillar which brought police cooperation and other networks to share common interests to engage in more intelligence sharing to effectively combat crime across national boundaries; • Pose the diversities amongst police forces in Europe and evaluate how these diversities are met to prepare police officers more for a new 'European' dimension in their work. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Describe the various European organisations that deal with police cooperation across national boundaries and their respective establishments; • Critically evaluate why traditional policing has been complicated by fundamental political, socio-economic and technological trends; • Appraise the proliferation of different forms of cooperation, such as the exchange of intelligence about crimes and criminals and joint surveillance of suspects and the investigation of crimes; • Discuss on-going measures taken by member states to forge sufficient trust in each other to continue sharing and engaging more in intelligence sharing. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Evaluate how the changing nature of crime has largely created a greater need for collaboration among police forces; • Compare traditional policing to the new forms of police organisations and their respective effectiveness to combat trans-national crime. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Kethineni, S. (Editor) (2021). Comparative and International Policing, Justice and Transnational Crime. US: Carolina Academic Press. - Casey, J., Jenkins M.J., and Dammer, H.R. (2018). Policing the World: The Practice of International and Transnational Policing, (2nd edition). US: Carolina Academic Press. - Huseyin, O. (2014). Inside Police Cooperation: Emerging Trends in Police Cooperation Across Borders. DE: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. - Fijnaut, C., Ouwerkerk. (2010). The Future of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the European Union. NL: Martinus Nijhoff publishers - LemieuX, F (editor). (2010). International Police Cooperation: Emerging Issues Theory and Practice. UK: Willan Publishing. - Reiner, R. (2010). The Politics of the Police, (4th edition). UK: Oxford University Press. - Balzacq, T., and Carrera, S. (2006). Security versus freedom? A challenge for Europe's future. UK: Ashgate Publishing. - Hebenton, B., and Thomas, T. (1995) Policing Europe: Co-operation, conflict and control. UK: St Martin’s Press. - Occhipinti, J. D. (2003). The politics of EU police cooperation: Toward a European FBI? CO: Lynne Rienner. - Williams, P., and Vlassis, D. (2001) Combating transnational crime: Concepts, activities, and responses. USA: Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Robinson Mifsud |
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