Globalizing Local Policing: An Ethnography of Change and Concern Among Danish Detectives

1. Introduction -- 2. Xenophobia -- 3. Orwellianism -- 4. Terrorism -- 5. Cynicism -- 6. Politics -- 7. Nostalgia -- 8. Conclusion: A policing puzzle.

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Autor principal: Sausdal, David (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023.
Cham Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2023.
En:Año: 2023
Edición:1st ed. 2023.
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Parallel Edition:No electrónico
Erscheint auch als: 9783031189203
Erscheint auch als: 9783031189210
Descripción
Sumario:1. Introduction -- 2. Xenophobia -- 3. Orwellianism -- 4. Terrorism -- 5. Cynicism -- 6. Politics -- 7. Nostalgia -- 8. Conclusion: A policing puzzle.
The book examines 'the globalisation of local policing' through an ethnographic study of the Danish Police. Where many studies are looking into how larger inter- or transnational policing bodies and policies are changing the world of policing, few have gauged how local, public police forces are also globalizing. This book provides some unique insights into this under-researched process. Specifically, it describes the daily practices and perceptions of two Danish detective task forces, tasked with the investigation of organized property crimes committed by foreign nationals. In the book, readers get to see how the detectives think and work, including the many efforts they make in attuning their daily work to a more global reality. More so, readers get to see how the detectives fail and the many frustrations and concerns that such changes include. One the one hand, Danish detectives very much understand the need to de-localize and develop their work. On the other hand, they feel that many of these changes are in conflict with what they find to be real and rewarding police work. For people interested in contemporary issues of policing, the book thus points to a puzzling paradox. Globalisation might be making for more mobile and even mobilised local forces, more technologically driven and collaborating with international partners. However, these very processes are also making local officers feel more disarmed than ever. Ultimately, the book describes why that is, its consequences, as well as how to imagine a form of global policing more in tune with its local actors. David Sausdal is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at Lund University, Sweden.
Descripción Física:1 Online-Ressource(IX, 254 p.)
ISBN:9783031189197
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-18919-7