The challenges of police governance and accountability have been rising up the agenda of
policy makers, police chiefs, NGOs at local, national and international levels, diverse …

Around the world, police officers are travelling abroad to work. This might be a plane, train or
automobile journey to collect evidence on an unsolved murder. It might be a year's …

European agencies have been created at a rapid pace in recent years in a multitude of
highly pertinent and sensitive fields ranging from pharmaceuticals and aviation safety to …

In this article, the author reflects on the question of how policing institutions can help to foster
and sustain the values and practices of democracy. The author's overarching concern is to …

The European Police Office (Europol) is an international police organization that was formed
to promote cooperation among law enforcement agencies in the European Union. Framed …

Within European law enforcement circles, counter‐terrorism networks and privileged
partnerships tend to be preferred to formal bureaucratic structures because of their flexibility …

The concept of institutional complementarity–that the co-existence of two or more institutions
enhances the functioning of each–is frequently used to explain why institutions are resistant …

The purpose of this chapter is to map some of the most salient developments in
transnational policing, to locate and explain their causes and to identify current trends and …

The Real World of EU Accountability reports the findings of a major empirical study into
patterns and practices of accountability in European governance. The product of a 4-year …

Autonomy and accountability of public agencies are two sides of the same coin, yet often
they are examined separately and at only one point in time. This contribution therefore …