Global Law Enforcement as a Protection Racket: Some Sceptical Notes on Transnational Organised Crime as an Object of Global Governance (From Transnational Organised Crime: Perspectives on Global Security, P 42-58, 2003, Adam Edwards and Peter Gill, eds. -- See NCJ-212841)

• NCJ Number: 212844
• Author(s): James Sheptycki
• Date Published: 2003
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: Routledge
• Publication Format: Book Chapter
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This chapter presents a overview of changes in the design of policing found in several OECD countries and describes a new design of transnational policing or transnational crime control in relation to global governance.

Abstract

An alternative to a global protection racket is a transnational policing enterprise predicated not on fear of crime and significant feelings of insecurity, but rather on global justice and legitimacy. The commitment should not be to a war on crime or a war on terrorism, but a commitment to the rule of law and upholding standards of human rights. In other words, in order for transnational policing not to become a mere protection racket, the project of global governance must open up to include the principles of social justice which include new welfare and environmental rules and conditions. Global governance suggests that policy development and implementation for the management of populations and territory is undertaken with regard to worldwide issues, such as transnational organized crime (TOC). This chapter examines the institution building of policing in the global governance of TOC. It describes changes in the design of policing common to a number of OECD countries and describes the emergent design of transnational policing in an attempt to show this institution building in a more skeptical light. References