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Globalizing Local Policing

An Ethnography of Change and Concern Among Danish Detectives

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Authors:
  1. David Sausdal

    1. Department of Sociology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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  • Provides an ethnographic study of policing in an increasingly global and transnational world
  • Explores police concern, frustration, and apathy towards their changing professional role
  • Looks at possible and potentially better futures for contemporary policing

Part of the book series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security (TCCCS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 1-24

  3. Xenophobia

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 25-59

  4. Orwellianism

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 61-94

  5. Terrorism

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 95-123

  6. Cynicism

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 125-154

  7. Politics

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 155-191

  8. Nostalgia

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 193-215

  9. Conclusion: A Policing Puzzle

    • David Sausdal
    Pages 217-223

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 225-254
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About this book

The book examines 'the globalization 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. Globalization 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    David Sausdal

About the author

David Sausdal is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at Lund University, Sweden.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Globalizing Local Policing

  • Book Subtitle: An Ethnography of Change and Concern Among Danish Detectives

  • Authors: David Sausdal

  • Series Title: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18919-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18918-0Published: 25 March 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18921-0Published: 26 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18919-7Published: 24 March 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2947-4264

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-4272

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 254

  • Topics: Policing, Transnational Crime, Crime Prevention, Terrorism, Ethnography, Globalization

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