RT Article
T1 Securitising transnational crime: the political drivers of police cooperation between Australia and Indonesia
JF Policing and society
VO 29
IS 3
SP 333
OP 348
A1 McKenzie, Michael
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1795515201
AB Why are national police forces increasingly seeking to work together to combat crime? Scholars agree that these cooperative efforts are not simply a response to a growth in transnational crime but debate remains about the broader social and political dynamics involved. Through a case study of the policing relationship between Australia and Indonesia, this article argues that the increasing tendency of governments to frame transnational crime as a security issue is a central driver of international police cooperation. To illustrate this ‘securitising’ discourse, the article discusses various ‘wars on crime’ prosecuted by the two countries since the 1970s.
K1 International police cooperation
K1 International crime control
K1 Securitisation
K1 Transnational policing
DO 10.1080/10439463.2017.1299734