Comparing the Democratic Governance of Police Intelligence: New Models of Participation and Expertise in the United States and Europe

Gathering and analyzing of information is a responsibility that police intelligence units are thought to do in relative isolation. Intelligence work in the United States and Europe, however, has been significantly transformed in recent years into a more collaborative process that melds the police with a mix of outsiders to make the practice of acquiring and assessing information more democratic. This volume examines how this partnership paradigm has transformed the ways in which participants gather, analyze and use intelligence for security problems ranging from petty nuisances and violent crimes to urban riots, organized crime and terrorism. The book's expert contributors provide a comparative look at police intelligence by exploring how emerging collaborative ventures have reshaped the way police define and prioritize public safety concerns. The book compares local security partnerships in both centralized and decentralized systems, presenting an unparalleled discussion of police intelligence not only in the English-speaking world, but also in countries like Germany and France, whose adoption of this collaborative paradigm has seldom been studied. Ultimately, this book provides a timely debate about the effectiveness of intelligence gathering tactics and the legitimacy of police tactics and related procedural justice concerns. Because this book situates itself at the intersection of several disciplines, it will find an audience in multiple fields. Its diverse readership includes scholars and students of policing and security studies in law schools, criminal justice programs and political science and sociology departments. Other significant audiences will include professionals and researchers in comparative law, comparative criminal procedure and the study of law and society. Contributors include: H. Aden, A. Barker, A. Crawford, J. de Maillard, T. Delpeuch, R. Epstein, J.A. Fagan, J. Gauthier, F. Lemieux, P. Manning, T.T. Meares, C. Mouhanna, C. Perras, J.E. Ross, S.J. Schulhofer, W.G. Skogan, N. Tilley, T. Tyle

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Contents: I. INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction: The Collaborative Analysis of Intelligence Thierry Delpeuch and Jacqueline E. Ross PART II NETWORKS OPEN TO PARTICIPANTS OUTSIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF LOCAL SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS ON INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS 2. Beat Meetings, Responsiveness to the Community, and Police Effectiveness in Chicago Wesley G. Skogan 3. The Joint Production of Intelligence in Local Security Partnerships: French Initiatives in Local Risk Management Thierry Delpeuch, Renaud Epstein and Jacqueline Ross 4. Information as a Form of Democratic Participation in Policing: Some Critical Reflections on the Role and Use of Online Crime Maps in the United Kingdom Anna Barker 5. The English and Welsh Experiment in Democratic Governance of Policing through Police and Crime Commissioners: a Misconceived Venture or a Good Idea, Badly Implemented? Adam Crawford 6. Intelligence-led Policing and the Disruption of Organized Crime: Motifs, Methods and Morals Nick Tilley 7. Democratic Policing: Case Working and Intelligence Peter Manning PART III POLICE TACTICS, LEGITIMACY, AND INTELLIGENCE 8. Street Stops and Police Legitimacy in New York Jeffrey Fagan, Tom R. Tyler and Tracy T. Meares 9. Enhancing Effectiveness in Counterterrorism Policing Stephen J. Schulhofer 10. Cultural Profiling? Police Prevention and Minorities in Berlin Jérémie Gauthier 11. Governing the Police by Numbers: The French Experience Jacques de Maillard and Christian Mouhanna PART IV “CLOSED” PARTNERSHIPS OPEN ONLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY NETWORKS 12. Within Transnational Policing Systems: integration and adaptation mechanisms used by foreign liaison officers deployed in Washington DC Frederic Lemieux and Chantal Perras 13. The Role of Trust in the Exchange of Police Information in the European Multilevel System Hartmut Aden PART V CONCLUSION 14. A Pluralist Perspective on Intelligence Regimes Thierry Delpeuch and Jacqueline E. Ross Index

About the Author :
Edited by Thierry Delpeuch, Research Fellow, PACTE (Politiques publiques, Action politique, Territoires) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sciences Politiques Grenoble and the Université de Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France and Jacqueline E. Ross, Professor of Law, University of Illinois, College of Law, US