TY - JOUR
T1 - Securitising transnational crime
T2 - the political drivers of police cooperation between Australia and Indonesia
AU - McKenzie, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/3/24
Y1 - 2019/3/24
N2 - 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.
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.
KW - International police cooperation
KW - international crime control
KW - securitisation
KW - transnational policing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015652828&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10439463.2017.1299734
DO - 10.1080/10439463.2017.1299734
M3 - Article
SN - 1043-9463
VL - 29
SP - 333
EP - 348
JO - Policing and Society
JF - Policing and Society
IS - 3
ER -